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Leveraging AWS Systems Manager Inventory and Fleet Manager to Mitigate XZ Utils SSH Backdoor Exploit

Leveraging AWS Systems Manager Inventory and Fleet Manager to Mitigate XZ Utils SSH Backdoor Exploit

Every so often an exploit is discovered that sends shock waves through the technology industry. This was certainly the case for the exploit discovered by a Microsoft Postgres developer, Andres Freund.

Implementing AWS Systems Manager to Future-Proof Infrastructure Configuration Management

Implementing AWS Systems Manager to Future-Proof Infrastructure Configuration Management

Cloud infrastructure has revolutionised the way organisations build and manage IT systems.

Solving A Large AWS S3 Data Transfer Challenge With Batch Replication

Solving A Large AWS S3 Data Transfer Challenge With Batch Replication

When Kurtosys decided to go all in using AWS as a cloud vendor it meant a full commitment to pursue both innovative and agile business and operational models.

The AWS Cloud Practitioner Study and Exam Experience

The AWS Cloud Practitioner Study and Exam Experience

On the 13th November 2020 I wrote the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. This blog is a review of the study and exam experience, including Stephane Maarek’s Ultimate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – 2020 course on Udemy.

AWS VPC Fundamentals

AWS VPC Fundamentals

The AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is an elemental feature of AWS. A number of services and resources within your AWS configuration rely upon the VPC and how it is configured

AWS Authentication and Authorization with Policies

AWS Authentication and Authorization with Policies

In a previous post on in the AWS 101 series, I covered some details on Identity and Access Management and touched on IAM policies

AWS Identity and Access Management

AWS Identity and Access Management

AWS identity and access management (IAM) enables access to AWS accounts and their related cloud resources in a secure fashion.

The AWS Global Infrastructure

The AWS Global Infrastructure

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a footprint on six of the seven continents of the world.

AWS EC2 Instance Connect

AWS EC2 Instance Connect

Managing Secure Shell (SSH) access to systems can sometimes be a burden. The recommended secure standard is to utilize SSH keys to access systems.

AWS Cloudformation with Python

AWS Cloudformation with Python

In the world of AWS, there are many ways to do many things. With more than a 100 services comprising the AWS services portfolio, finding a strategy to deploy, manage and maintain multiple services can be challenging. One method is to use AWS CloudFormation

Cloudflare Custom Hostname Management

Cloudflare Custom Hostname Management

During the year of 2019 I led a Content Delivery Network (CDN) project. The first phase of the project involved migrating existing web assets that were on Akamai, to Cloudflare.

Systems Operations on AWS (Associate)

Systems Operations on AWS (Associate)

Between Monday the 22nd and Wednesday the 24th of July 2019, I attended the AWS Sysop Associate course. It was hosted by Torque IT. This is a review of that course. Available AWS Certifications AWS offers a selection of certification paths. There are four levels of certification: Foundational, Associate, Professional