Category: Security

Organizations migrating to the cloud face significant security challenges, including regulatory compliance, limited visibility, and skill shortages, which traditional security methods struggle to address. This situation is often exacerbated by delayed security implementations, but tools like Wiz integrated with AWS landing zone can help organizations manage cloud security from the start, enabling successful digital transformation while maintaining robust security measures.

The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is rapidly gaining momentum across various industries, offering a variety of business advantages. However, without implementing robust AI security measures, organizations may face substantial risks, including model poisoning and sensitive data breaches. Learn how Orca Security provides effective strategies to mitigate and prevent these potential threats.

AI adoption is rapidly transforming application development while introducing new security risks that demand specialized expertise in areas like data privacy, model integrity, system availability, abuse prevention, and threat detection. To address this, we’re excited to introduce a new AI security category for AWS Security Competency Partners, designed to help customers easily identify Partners with deep experience in securing AI environments and defending workloads against advanced threats and attacks.

In an era where data drives innovation and AI reshapes industries, effective governance and security have become paramount. Recognizing this critical need, AWS has launched a groundbreaking Data & AI Governance and Security partner initiative. This program brings together elite Service and Software partners to tackle the complex challenges organizations face in managing their data and AI assets. Partners joining this initiative gain access to exclusive AWS tools, expertise, and go-to-market support. They also benefit from potential funding opportunities and increased visibility within the AWS ecosystem. For customers, this initiative offers a curated selection of vetted partners equipped with the expertise and tools to navigate the complexities of data and AI governance. By leveraging these partnerships, organizations can build strong foundations for responsible, secure, and innovative data practices while maintaining compliance and ethical standards.

Palo Alto Networks faced challenges processing IoT security data at scale. They partnered with AWS to implement a new architecture using Amazon Redshift. This solution improved data processing speeds and created a dedicated pipeline for device data. Key outcomes included 50% faster API responses, real-time data aggregations, 40% infrastructure cost reduction, and improved system resilience. The new architecture enhanced Palo Alto Networks’ ability to serve customers and explore emerging technologies, reinforcing their leadership in IoT security.

Learn how PwC leverages AI and AWS services to build a next-generation managed cloud service platform that addresses critical challenges in cloud management. Discover how this solution enhances threat detection, security posture management, and operational efficiency while ensuring compliance and cost optimization across cloud environments.

New Relic partnered with AWS to achieve net-zero emissions by 2030. Migrating to AWS cloud and adopting Graviton-powered services led to a 37% decrease in carbon emissions and 15-20% performance boost. By 2024, 64% of workloads ran on Graviton instances, showcasing how cloud technology drives sustainability and performance.

Learn about how CrowdStrike is using AWS AI capabilities to transform security operations. By partnering with AWS, CrowdStrike is able to accelerate analyst workflows, deliver AI-native protection to thousands of organizations of all sizes and industries, and to deliver world-class protection that matches the speed, scale and sophistication of modern adversaries.

By Shaked Rotlevi, Technical Product Marketing Manager – Wiz By Faizan Mahmood, Global Partner Account Manager – AWS Wiz On May 12, 2021 President Biden released the Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity. The Executive Order aims to strengthen the Federal government’s cybersecurity posture and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber threats. Among […]

Integrating security scanning into infrastructure as code (IaC) allows detecting misconfigurations early in development. This post explores using the KICS plugin from Checkmarx with AWS CDK. Learn how KICS performs static code analysis to find vulnerabilities and compliance issues in IaC and scans the CDK code to report findings, failing the command for high-severity issues. This shifts security left, mitigating risks in deployed infrastructure.