AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now makes it easier for you to manage permissions for AWS services accessing your resources

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now makes it easier for you to manage permissions for AWS services accessing your resources AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) now supports policy conditions to help manage permissions for AWS services that access your resources. Many AWS services require access to your internal resources to perform tasks, and…

Creating a custom Lambda authorizer using Open Policy Agent

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedCreating a custom Lambda authorizer using Open Policy Agent Organizations have complex infrastructure and need common tooling to make decisions about the system as a whole. In such scenarios, policy-based decision making could be implemented using Open Policy Agent (OPA). OPA is an open source, general-purpose policy engine, which decouples policy decision-making from policy…

Operating Lambda: Performance optimization – Part 2

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedOperating Lambda: Performance optimization – Part 2 In the Operating Lambda series, I cover important topics for developers, architects, and systems administrators who are managing AWS Lambda-based applications. This three-part series discusses performance optimization for Lambda-based applications. Part 1 describes the Lambda execution environment lifecycle, and explains defining, measuring, and improving cold starts. This…

How Data Infuzion solves the challenge of large-scale scientific data collaboration with Amazon Quicksight

By Dustin Ward

AWS FeedHow Data Infuzion solves the challenge of large-scale scientific data collaboration with Amazon Quicksight This is a guest post by Digital Infuzion. In their own words, “Digital Infuzion (DIFZ), a leader in information technology, helps solve complex challenges related to genomics, health, and biomedical data, while collaborating with partners including the J. Craig Venter…