Deployment patterns for the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector with Amazon Elastic Container Service

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedDeployment patterns for the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry Collector with Amazon Elastic Container Service The AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) is a secure, production-ready, AWS-supported distribution of the OpenTelemetry project. Cloud-native, distributed technology stacks are now the norm, but these architectures introduce operational challenges, which have led to the rise of observability. Several different…

ENISA says System Failure is on the Rise

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedENISA says System Failure is on the Rise The agency’s latest reports said that system failure comprises more than half of telecom incidents for 2020. Sixty-nine percent of incidents also affected the qualified trust services during the same year.

Implement AWS Config rule remediation with Systems Manager Change Manager

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedImplement AWS Config rule remediation with Systems Manager Change Manager AWS Config enables you to assess, audit, and evaluate the configurations of your AWS resources. AWS Config rules are evaluated when changes are made in the AWS environment. By analyzing changes as they occur, you can catch compliance violations quickly and minimize the exposure…

Chaos Testing with AWS Fault Injection Simulator and AWS CodePipeline

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedChaos Testing with AWS Fault Injection Simulator and AWS CodePipeline The COVID-19 pandemic has proven to be the largest stress test of our technology infrastructures in generations. A meteoric increase in internet consumption followed, due in large part to working and schooling from home. The chaotic, early months of the pandemic have clearly demonstrated…

Understanding VPC links in Amazon API Gateway private integrations

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedUnderstanding VPC links in Amazon API Gateway private integrations This post is written by Jose Eduardo Montilla Lugo, Security Consultant, AWS. A VPC link is a resource in Amazon API Gateway that allows for connecting API routes to private resources inside a VPC. A VPC link acts like any other integration endpoint for an…