AWS Security Blog

Craig Liebendorfer

Author: Craig Liebendorfer

I write for and work with other authors who write for the AWS Database Blog. I previously owned and edited the AWS Security Blog for 3+ years.

In Case You Missed These: AWS Security Blog Posts from June, July, and August

In case you missed any AWS Security Blog posts from June, July, and August, they are summarized and linked to below. The posts are shown in reverse chronological order (most recent first), and the subject matter ranges from a tagging limit increase to recording SSH sessions established through a bastion host. August August 16: Updated […]

New AWS Compute Blog Post: Help Secure Container-Enabled Applications with IAM Roles for ECS Tasks

Amazon EC2 Container Service (ECS) now allows you to specify an IAM role that can be used by the containers in an ECS task, as a new AWS Compute Blog post explains. When an application makes use of the AWS SDK or CLI to make requests to the AWS API, it must sign each request with valid AWS access […]

Register for and Attend This July 29 Webinar—Best Practices for Managing Security Operations in AWS

Update: This webinar is now available as an on-demand video and slide deck. As part of the AWS Webinar Series, AWS will present Best Practices for Managing Security Operations in AWS on Friday, July 29. This webinar will start at 10:30 A.M. and end at 11:30 A.M. Pacific Time. AWS Security Solutions Architect Henrik Johansson will show you […]

New Amazon Inspector Blog Post on the AWS Blog

On the AWS Blog yesterday, Jeff Barr published a new security-related blog post written by AWS Principal Security Engineer Eric Fitzgerald. Here’s the beginning of the post, which is entitled, Scale Your Security Vulnerability Testing with Amazon Inspector: “At AWS re:Invent 2015 we announced Amazon Inspector, our security vulnerability assessment service that helps customers test for […]

AWS re:Invent 2016 Registration Is Now Open

    Are you looking for up-to-date info about re:Invent? Check out the AWS event page: https://reinvent.awsevents.com/ Are you looking for Security Blog coverage of re:Invent? Use this tag to see our most recent posts: https://thinkwithwp.com/blogs/security/tag/reinvent           Updated December 2, 2016: We will publish a blog post the week of December […]

Register for and Attend This June 27 Webinar—Getting Started with Amazon Inspector

Update: This webinar is now available as an on-demand video and slide deck. As part of the AWS Webinar Series, AWS will present Getting Started with Amazon Inspector on Monday, June 27. This webinar will start at 10:30 A.M. and end at 11:30 A.M. Pacific Time. AWS Principal Security Engineer Eric Fitzgerald will show how […]

New Twitter Handle Now Live: @AWSSecurityInfo

Today, we launched a new Twitter handle: @AWSSecurityInfo. The purpose of this new handle is to share security bulletins, security whitepapers, compliance news and information, and other AWS security-related and compliance-related information. The scope of this handle is broader than that of @AWSIdentity, which focuses primarily on Security Blog posts. However, feel free to follow both handles! […]

Start Planning for AWS re:Invent 2016

Updated June 23, 2016: Registration is now open! ————– AWS re:Invent 2016 will take place November 28–December 2, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Start planning now to attend the world’s largest global cloud computing conference. We have designed re:Invent 2016 to give you increased opportunities to connect, collaborate, and learn about AWS solutions. This year, we […]