How to create SAML providers with AWS CloudFormation

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedHow to create SAML providers with AWS CloudFormation As organizations grow, they often experience an inflection point where it becomes impractical to manually manage separate user accounts in disparate systems. Managing multiple AWS accounts is no exception. Many large organizations have dozens or even hundreds of AWS accounts spread across multiple business…

Continuous delivery with server-side Swift on Amazon Linux 2

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedContinuous delivery with server-side Swift on Amazon Linux 2 In January, I published an article describing how to use AWS tools to build, test, and release server-side Swift code on two platforms: Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) running Ubuntu Linux. Recently Swift.org has released official…

Automate account creation and resource provisioning for AWS GovCloud(US), using AWS Service Catalog, AWS Organizations, and AWS Lambda

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedAutomate account creation and resource provisioning for AWS GovCloud(US), using AWS Service Catalog, AWS Organizations, and AWS Lambda Public and private sector customers are now often working to automate their account creation and operations into the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. These customers use the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions to access FedRamp certified…

Is Cloud Computing Any Safer From Malicious Hackers?

By Dustin Ward

Amazon Web Services FeedIs Cloud Computing Any Safer From Malicious Hackers? Cloud computing has revolutionized the IT world, making it easier for companies to deploy infrastructure and applications and deliver their services to the public. The idea of not spending millions of dollars on equipment and facilities to host an on-premises data center is a…