Amazon CloudFront is a highly secure and scalable content delivery network (CDN) that improves the distribution of content to users with low latency and high transfer speeds. CloudFront offers two key features to enhance security when serving content from Amazon S3 buckets: Origin Access Identity (OAI) and Origin Access Control (OAC). In this blog, we’ll explore these features, their purpose, and how to configure them using Terraform. We’ll also discuss their advantages and disadvantages to help you decide which is suitable for your use case. Continue reading “Understanding OAI and OAC in AWS CloudFront: Concepts, Configuration, and Best Practices”
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Amazon S3 Security Essentials: Protect Your Data with These Key Practices
The Amazon Simple Storage Service, or S3, is a powerful serverless object storage solution that offers exceptional scalability, availability, security, and performance. According to the official description, it enables users across all sectors to securely store any volume of data for various applications. To enhance cost-efficiency, security, and compliance, S3 provides a wide range of configuration options tailored to meet diverse business needs. Continue reading “Amazon S3 Security Essentials: Protect Your Data with These Key Practices”
Cost Optimization in AWS: Tips for Reducing Your Cloud Bill
Cloud computing has revolutionized how businesses operate by providing scalable, on-demand access to computing resources. One of the key advantages of cloud platforms like AWS is their flexibility—allowing companies to deploy and scale applications without the need for heavy upfront investments in hardware. AWS offers a wide range of services, from computing power and storage to advanced AI tools, which empower businesses to innovate and grow at their own pace.
However, this flexibility comes with a challenge: managing costs. Without proper oversight, AWS bills can quickly spiral out of control due to unnecessary resource usage, poor planning, or lack of optimization. This is why cost optimization is essential for any organization using AWS. By proactively managing and optimizing cloud expenses, businesses can keep their budgets in check while still leveraging the full potential of AWS.
In this post, we’ll explore practical tips and strategies for reducing your AWS bill.
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How Security as Code Transforms Your DevSecOps Strategy
As technology advances and development cycles get shorter, cyber threats are growing faster than ever.
Traditional, manual security processes can’t keep up with the speed of modern development, which leaves systems vulnerable to attacks.
That’s where Security as Code (SaC) comes in. SaC automates security checks and policies, making them an integral part of the development pipeline. This ensures that security is built into every step without slowing down progress.
In this blog post, we will be exploring the role of SaC in DevSecOps, its benefits in maintaining speed and efficiency. Continue reading “How Security as Code Transforms Your DevSecOps Strategy”
Sharing AWS Encrypted RDS Snapshot Between Two Accounts.
Overview
- Login to the Source Account, Create a snapshot from RDS.
- Creating KMS Key (with details of the destination account)
- After the snapshot is created, Create a new copy of the snapshot & attach the KMS key.
- Share the newly created snapshot to the destination account.
- Log in to the Destination Account, head over to Shared with me snapshots, and create a new copy of the snapshot.
- Restore the copied Snapshot into a new RDS Instance.
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