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Running Terraform in AWS GovCloud for FedRAMP High: A Practical In-Boundary Pipeline

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) has revolutionized the way we build and maintain cloud infrastructure, and Terraform has emerged a leader. In…

Jul 11

Running Terraform in AWS GovCloud for FedRAMP High: A Practical In-Boundary Pipeline

Jul 11

Capturing and Retaining OTEL Logs from AWS EKS: Strategies for Cost-Effective Searchability

OpenTelemetry (OTEL) has emerged as the de facto standard for observability in modern cloud-native applications. It enables developers to…

Jul 8

Capturing and Retaining OTEL Logs from AWS EKS: Strategies for Cost-Effective Searchability

Jul 8

Getting Started with AWS in 2025

Way back in 2007, a coworker told me about this new thing called AWS. He said you could instantly provision a server in the cloud, use it…

Jun 16

Getting Started with AWS in 2025

Jun 16

Building an HR Assistant with Amazon Bedrock

A serverless approach using AWS Services

May 1

Building an HR Assistant with Amazon Bedrock

May 1

Integrating AWS Client VPN Authentication with AWS Identity Center

I wrote in a previous blog post I discussed how AWS Client VPN is a strong alternative to using a bastion host for secure remote access. In…

Feb 21

Integrating AWS Client VPN Authentication with AWS Identity Center

Feb 21

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Syncing Data Privately from Azure Blob Storage to Amazon S3 using AWS DataSync

We recently tackled an interesting project involving migrating 15TB of data from Azure Blob Storage to Amazon S3. One of the main…

Aug 18, 2024

Syncing Data Privately from Azure Blob Storage to Amazon S3 using AWS DataSync

Aug 18, 2024

Backup to S3 over Direct Connect using a Private VIF

Amazon S3 is an ideal target when backing up on-prem data to the cloud. It scales limitlessly and offers various storage tiers to reduce…

Aug 11, 2024

Backup to S3 over Direct Connect using a Private VIF

Aug 11, 2024

Replacing a Bastion Host with AWS Client VPN

Bastion hosts were once a staple of an IT infrastructure, whether it be on-prem or in the cloud. They allow for a single ingress point into…

Mar 10, 2024

Replacing a Bastion Host with AWS Client VPN

Mar 10, 2024

Reduce Your Attack Surface by Automatically Removing Stale Allowed IPs

If you manage AWS WAF Web ACL rules or AWS EC2 security groups or NACLs, you have probably added IP addresses to those resources so that…

Nov 8, 2023

Reduce Your Attack Surface by Automatically Removing Stale Allowed IPs

Nov 8, 2023

How To Automatically Delete Inactive Users from AWS Identity Center

AWS Identity Center, successor to AWS Single Sign-On, provides an easy-to-use identity store that integrates seamlessly with AWS Control…

Jul 12, 2023

How To Automatically Delete Inactive Users from AWS Identity Center

Jul 12, 2023

Don Spidell

Don Spidell

Cloud Architect Lead at Allocore (formerly Summit Technology Group). Long-time AWS user highlighting interesting use cases and solutions built on AWS.

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