AWS achieves ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAWS achieves ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification We’re excited to announce that Amazon Web Services (AWS) has achieved ISO/IEC 27701:2019 certification with no findings. This certification is a rigorous third-party independent assessment of the Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) of a cloud service provider. ISO/IEC 27701:2019 specifies requirements and guidelines to establish and continuously improve a…

Inspect Subnet to Subnet traffic with Amazon VPC More Specific Routing

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedInspect Subnet to Subnet traffic with Amazon VPC More Specific Routing Since December 2019, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) has allowed you to route all ingress traffic (also known as north – south traffic) to a specific network interface. You might use this capability for a number of reasons. For example, to inspect incoming…

Amazon Aurora supports PostgreSQL 13 in GovCloud Regions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAmazon Aurora supports PostgreSQL 13 in GovCloud Regions Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 13 in GovCloud regions. PostgreSQL 13 includes improved functionality and performance from enhancements such as de-duplication of B-tree index entries, improved performance for queries that use partitioned tables, incremental sorting to accelerate data sorts, parallel processing of indexes…

Scaling Data Analytics Containers with Event-based Lambda Functions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedScaling Data Analytics Containers with Event-based Lambda Functions The marketing industry collects and uses data from various stages of the customer journey. When they analyze this data, they establish metrics and develop actionable insights that are then used to invest in customers and generate revenue. If you’re a data scientist or developer in the…

Building a serverless GIF generator with AWS Lambda: Part 1

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedBuilding a serverless GIF generator with AWS Lambda: Part 1 Many video streaming services show GIF animations in the frontend when users fast forward and rewind throughout a video. This helps customers see a preview and makes the user interface more intuitive. Generating these GIF files is a compute-intensive operation that becomes more challenging…