This guide provides an overview of recurring problems we see in our experience performing cloud security assessments, along with practical steps to harden systems and help prevent these problems in the future.

Uncertainty in the cloud demands attention. This article presents a set of strategic questions that cut through the noise and guide discovery for securing your cloud environments.

The cloud has become the backbone of modern infrastructure to deploy software. It offers organizations abilities to efficiently run applications far beyond the capabilities of traditional on-premises infrastructure. However, cloud technology also brings an increase in security risks, and that traditional on-premises security assessments simply cannot address.

AWS Security Assessment is equal parts art and science. Are you considering an AWS security assessment? Learn exactly what to expect from a professional AWS security assessment: from discovery to deliverables, executive reporting and recommendations for remediation.

Is your cloud secure? Discover the most common AWS security gaps we uncover during audits, including public resources, IAM misconfigurations, and more.

If your organization runs critical workloads in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), you know security compliance is non-negotiable. This Oracle Cloud Security Checklist can help you get ready for your next audit. Whether you’re preparing for a formal audit, aligning with compliance requirements, or just taking control of your cloud security posture, a proactive OCI security audit is a smart place to start.

If you missed re:Invent, this is a summary of the event with a focus on services relevant to hosting ERP systems in AWS.

Moving to the cloud means more than simply relocating servers from on-premises to cloud data centers, as in the traditional “Lift and Shift”.

Managed services and global availability are the major benefits of cloud technology, and what separate the “cloud” from traditional hosting providers.

The cloud allows for many design patterns and architectural options not readily available to on-premises data centers. There are several delivery models of cloud services that should be considered to develop an effective cloud strategy.

We built a file gateway to create a file interface that enables us to store files as objects in Amazon S3 using the industry-standard NFS protocols. Files are transferred to S3 STANDARD_IA because the majority of our documents are infrequently accessed. Because they are native S3 objects, we can then apply our bucket policies for lifecycle management.

I often find myself building out quick one off web app MVP’s/prototpes and wanted a template to help decrease implementation time. For the simplest projects I have been using nodejs on the backend, angular on the frontend, postgres as the database, and hosting on Heroku.

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Back in 2008, I graduated with honors from East Tennessee State University with a BS degree in Computer Science. I went on to complete the masters program and recieved an MS in Computer Science, also with honors.

Do you have a copy of the first code you ever wrote? I do.

I’ve been working on computers since the last eighties, and prgramming since the mid-nineties. It all started with word processing on wordstar, and some of the earliest pc games like ninja, abm (missle command clone), oregon trail, and carmen sandiego. Back then everything was command line, and I leared a lot by configuring, misconfiguring, and ultimetly fixing my mistakes.

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