OpenSearch 1.0 launches

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOpenSearch 1.0 launches In April this year, we introduced OpenSearch, a community-driven, open source search and analytics suite derived from open source Elasticsearch 7.10.2 and Kibana 7.10.2. The project consists of a search engine (OpenSearch), a visualization and user interface (OpenSearch Dashboards), and the advanced features from Open Distro for Elasticsearch (our previous distribution…

How to create auto-suppression rules in AWS Security Hub

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedHow to create auto-suppression rules in AWS Security Hub AWS Security Hub gives you a comprehensive view of your security alerts and security posture across your AWS accounts. With Security Hub, you have a single place that aggregates, organizes, and prioritizes your security alerts, or findings, from multiple AWS services. Security Hub lets you…

Coming soon: Expansion of AWS Lambda states to all functions

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedComing soon: Expansion of AWS Lambda states to all functions In November of 2019, we announced AWS Lambda function state attributes, a capability to track the current “state” of a function throughout its lifecycle. Since launch, states have been used in two primary use-cases. First, to move the blocking setup of VPC resources out…

Configure SAML single sign-on for Kibana with AD FS on Amazon Elasticsearch Service

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedConfigure SAML single sign-on for Kibana with AD FS on Amazon Elasticsearch Service It’s a common use case for customers to integrate identity providers (IdPs) with Amazon Elasticsearch Service (Amazon ES) to achieve single sign-on (SSO) with Kibana. This integration makes it possible for users to leverage their existing identity credentials and offers administrators…