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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

Replacing a Bastion Host with AWS Client VPN

Mar 10

Don Spidell

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

Don Spidell

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

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New AWS Direct Connect Quota Increases Unlock New Design Possibilities

When AWS introduced Direct Connect (DX) in 2011, it was a game changer for connecting on-prem workloads to the cloud. Over the years, AWS…

May 23, 2023

New AWS Direct Connect Quota Increases Unlock New Design Possibilities

May 23, 2023

Don Spidell

Getting Started With AWS

Where does one begin?

Apr 26, 2023

Getting Started With AWS

Apr 26, 2023

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A Practical Guide to Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall

Cloud architects and security engineers working on projects built on AWS put a lot of focus on threats coming into a network, and…

Mar 20, 2023

Mar 20, 2023

Don Spidell

How to upgrade Amazon Athena engine from v2 to v3

With the recent upgrade of Amazon’s serverless, interactive analytics service Athena, customers may find themselves confronted with a need…

Mar 9, 2023

How to upgrade Amazon Athena engine from v2 to v3

Mar 9, 2023

Don Spidell

What are your uptime expectations?

When I work with a client on an application build in the cloud, I need to build the infrastructure to meet their uptime Service Level…

Mar 7, 2023

What are your uptime expectations?

Mar 7, 2023

Don Spidell

Keeping AMIs current with an Amazon EC2 Image Builder

While running containerized workloads and leveraging AWS’ serverless offerings are the wave of the future, sometimes it is necessary to run…

Mar 3, 2023

Keeping AMIs current with an Amazon EC2 Image Builder

Mar 3, 2023

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Hosting a Static Website on AWS with Amazon S3 and CloudFront using Terraform

With the introduction of the 4.0 version of Terraform’s AWS provider, a lot has changed when it comes to setting up a working static…

Mar 1, 2023

Hosting a Static Website on AWS with Amazon S3 and CloudFront using Terraform

Mar 1, 2023

Don Spidell

Don Spidell

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

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