David W Lucky
There’s always been a good amount of interest paid to security when discussing the cloud. It’s often cited as a barrier to adoption, and is certainly something the enterprise must focus on. Just take a look at recent breaches at companies like Spotify, or the exposure of the Panama Papers. It’s imperative to have a sound strategy …
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AWS published a Quick Start Reference Deployment aimed at helping AWS clients and partners to build systems that conform to Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliance requirements. In their second Quick Start release in a set of AWS Enterprise Accelerator Compliance offerings, this standardized architecture provides both Managed Service Organizations and their clients with a …
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Compliance is a concern for any company moving to the cloud – it’s especially crucial for those in the healthcare industry. That’s why the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and Protected Health Information (PHI) have a number of guidelines to ensure sensitive information is remaining secure and protected. Before we dive into some of …
One of the best ways to avoid security issues is to have a proactive approach. That’s true whether you have applications in the cloud or not. Sandra Lambert at Tech.Co recently wrote a piece on the lessons startups can learn about cloud security. It’s great advice, but it shouldn’t stop at startups – there are applicable tidbits …
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Having a comprehensive, well-thought-out approach to cloud adoption is vital to the IT lifecycle. The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) helps users structure and plan this journey. The framework does this by breaking up an enterprise’s cloud journey into seven areas of focus, or as AWS calls them, Perspectives: business, platform, maturity, people, process, …
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As companies consider moving applications to the cloud, one of the most challenging steps is planning a data migration strategy, and that process involves a number of factors. As one of the biggest cloud players, AWS is a big proponent of putting its users in a position to succeed. Their white paper – An Overview of …
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Unfortunately, not everyone on the Internet is using it for good. There are bad actors – typically automated processes that can harm your systems, like content scrapers and bots – whose main goal is to access and misuse content. These bad actors can lead to distributed denial of services (DDoS) attacks on your infrastructure. But all is …
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Understanding the Basics of Apache Cassandra Cassandra Summit took place recently in San Jose, California. The Cassandra Summit is a conference for those who are looking to learn more about adopting DataStax’s Apache Cassandra, the scalable NoSQL database that powers global businesses like Spotify, Netflix, and Apple. Couldn’t make it out to San Jose for the conference this …
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Monday, August 21 was a special day in American history. Experiencing a solar eclipse for the first time in nearly 40 years. The moon will pass between the sun and the Earth, blocking part or all of the sun for up to about three hours. Since this event is such a rarity, there’s a lot …
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Last month, 11,000 people gathered at the McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois for the annual AWS Summit Chicago. Attendees came together to learn about AWS’ latest service offerings and client use cases during the more than 40 technical sessions available to choose from over the course of the two-day event. As a longtime AWS Premier …
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