The Importance of Effective Cloud Governance
In order to effectively mitigate risk for your organization, you need to set up governance within your cloud environments. Being such a general topic, we decided to break down what effective cloud governance looks like for different types of organizations, and how you can take steps to effectively implement proper risk management. Check out this post from out COO Dave Klubeck to learn more about the strategies we employ with our clients, and how you can apply them to your organization!
Common Mistakes People Make Architecting for DynamoDB That Lead to Cost Overruns
Between building products in house and consulting on AWS cloud infrastructure and security, we have a lot of firsthand experience working with DynamoDB. Check out this post about common mistakes made in this AWS service, and how you can avoid them within your cloud accounts!
The Hypothetical Cloud Organization
Before you jump in with both feet to the cloud, you’ll want to make sure you’re setting yourself up for success. Whether you’re a single person starting a new company or an established organization, everyone needs to same components of cloud organization to be successful. Read on to learn more about the key components of setting up your cloud infrastructure without losing sight of key risk mitigation components.
Blast radius of risk in AWS
It’s critical in your cloud environment to understand the downstream and upstream risk exposed to your environment when you make different security and infrastructure choices. Click here to learn about evaluating your blast radius of risk, and how to mitigate impact to your environment!
Cloud vs. on-premise costs, and your security responsibilities in AWS
Moving to the cloud can seem easy at first, but it’s important not to take on too much spend accidentally by not setting up your environment the right way. Read here about the best tips we have to manage your cloud spending and risk!
"Building a Better Bastion: The Art of Ephemeral Host Creation"
We are always excited when we start assessments with customers who have reached a maturity state leveraging Bastions and JumpBoxes, but often these security measures themselves can become a weak link of replicated data or code. Check out this great post and white paper by Digital Minion contributor Skip Cruse innovator of the “Ephemeral Host”.