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Amazon Web Services launches European Sovereign Cloud
Amazon Web Services (AWS), the American technology giant, has launched an exclusive European Sovereign Cloud to meet the needs of its European customer base. This new cloud infrastructure will operate independently and is designed to address the evolving concerns regarding data residency and resiliency for AWS customers in the European Union (EU). In simple terms, […]
Amazon Web Services mandates MFA Security
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has taken a significant step toward enhancing security by mandating multi-factor authentication (MFA) for all privileged accounts starting from April 2024. This move aims to mitigate the risks associated with account hijacking, reinforcing the importance of default security measures. Steve Schmidt, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at AWS, stated, “By the end […]
Accelerating Security and the Cloud With Bitglass and AWS Global Accelerator
This post was originally published by Juan Lugo. Businesses’ IT infrastructures have undergone critical changes in the way that they store data and extend access to resources for users. Cloud, BYOD, and remote work have changed things forever. Where the flow of traffic is not optimized, business continuity is disrupted and an enterprise’s bottomline is adversely […]
Accelerating Security and the Cloud With Bitglass and AWS Global Accelerator
This post was originally published by Juan Lugo. Businesses’ IT infrastructures have undergone critical changes in the way that they store data and extend access to resources for users. Cloud, BYOD, and remote work have changed things forever. Where the flow of traffic is not optimized, business continuity is disrupted and an enterprise’s bottomline is adversely […]
Over 5.5m files or 343GB data leaked from Amazon Web Services AWS
Security researchers working for vpnMentor have discovered that a storage bucket on AWS cloud was open for quite sometime, putting 5.5 million files or 343GB worth data at risk as it was accessible to hackers. According to the research team led by Noam Rotem and Ran Locar, the AWS S3 bucket belonged to a company […]
OVERVIEW OF THE LATEST AWS SECURITY SERVICE – AMAZON DETECTIVE
This post was originally published by(ISC)² Management. Earlier this month, AWS announced that Amazon Detective is now available to all customers, reinforcing their dedication to helping customers hold up their end of the shared responsibility model. This shared responsibility model enables your organization to alleviate the burden of responsibility for the security of the physical infrastructure of AWS […]
Hackers plead guilty for hacking and accessing 57m user details from Uber and LinkedIn
Two hackers have pleaded guilty for stealing account information of over 57 million users belonging to tech companies Uber and Lynda- now renamed as LinkedIn Learning after acquisition by the professional networking giant. Highly placed sources say that the two hackers, Brandon Glover, of Florida and Vasile Mereacre of Toronto, Canada were presented before the […]
PCI COMPLIANCE IN AWS – SIMPLIFIED
This post was originally published by (ISC)² Management. Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards or PCI DSS, are a set of 12 requirements with over 300 controls which apply to any organization which stores, processes or transmits credit card data. Today, I will attempt to add some clarity around PCI compliance within AWS Read more here: https://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2019/10/pci-compliance-in-aws-simplified.html
Amazon Web Services experiences DDoS Cyber Attack
On October 22nd,2019, Amazon Web Services (AWS) experienced a Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) Attack between 10:30 AM and 6:30 AM PDT. Details such as who launched the attack and the financial impact are yet to be probed. But the cloud services giant offered an update early today that the issue has been resolved and all […]
What the 2019 AWS Security Report Tells Us About Preventing a Cloud Data Breach
This post was originally published by siri oaklander. In the wake of the recent Capital One security breach in their cloud environment on AWS, the security community is taking another look at how we approach cloud security. CloudPassage recently shared guidance in our blog, “Capital One Data Breach: Non-Technical Tips To Not Be A Headline”. Here […]
