NDR for AWS Well-Architected

By Roger Cheeks, US-East Sales Engineer, Corelight Corelight is a powerful network traffic analysis tool that enables network detection and response (NDR) for AWS Cloud workloads by receiving packets from an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) traffic mirr… Continue reading NDR for AWS Well-Architected

Gartner: 5 Things You Must Absolutely Get Right for Secure IaaS and PaaS

Cloud adoption has revolutionized the way that businesses share and access information. It has stretched across all industries, including those that are regulated or highly security conscious. Today, infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) and platform-as-… Continue reading Gartner: 5 Things You Must Absolutely Get Right for Secure IaaS and PaaS

AWS hits $10B for the quarter putting it on a $40B run rate

AWS, the cloud arm of Amazon would be a pretty successful business on its own. Today, the company announced it has passed $10 billion for the quarter, putting the cloud business on an impressive run rate of more than $40 billion. It was a bright spot for the company in an earnings report that saw […] Continue reading AWS hits $10B for the quarter putting it on a $40B run rate

Everything You Need to Know About Azure – February 2020 Edition


I did think about calling this the typo edition – I just bought a Microsoft Sculpt ergonomic keyboard and it might be preventing physical strain but my mental state as a result of the change is a whole other matter.

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Malware in the Cloud: Protecting Yourself Based on Your Cloud Environment

In some ways, the cloud has made security management easier, as many cloud providers have taken the responsibilities traditionally associated with local server management out of your hands. But in other ways, the security management conversation has be… Continue reading Malware in the Cloud: Protecting Yourself Based on Your Cloud Environment

Everything You Need to Know About Azure Infrastructure – December 2019 Edition


By the time you read this, it will be 2020. I hope you have had a great holiday season and are feeling all relaxed and ready for a new semester of Azure action.

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Bitglass Security Spotlight: Cancer Centers Halted Due to Cyberattack

Here are the top stories of recent weeks:  

Ransomware Attack Halts Two Cancer Radiation Treatment Centers
Cloud Based Storage Bucket Exposed with Over 750,000 Users’ Applications 
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What decentralized IT spending means for the CIO role

67% of IT leaders say at least half of their spend is now controlled by individual business units, in a report from IDG Connect and Snow Software. While most believe this is beneficial for their organization, it presents new challenges when combined wi… Continue reading What decentralized IT spending means for the CIO role

Security for Cloud Services: IaaS Deep Dive

In this, the final post in my series on considerations for managing your security with cloud services, we will be looking at Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). If you haven’t yet read the previous blog entries about SaaS and PaaS, it’s wor… Continue reading Security for Cloud Services: IaaS Deep Dive

DevOps firewall: How pre-configuring your cloud deployment can ensure compliance

Following the recent massive Capital One data breach, it’s clear that even some of the world’s largest and most respected companies working in the cloud are still vulnerable to compliance and security issues. In this case, federal prosecutors charged a… Continue reading DevOps firewall: How pre-configuring your cloud deployment can ensure compliance