Sometimes a business needs to structure account access on AWS in a way that ensures administrative isolation of workloads. In this instance, it becomes necessary to create cross-account roles that establish and grant access between a trusting account and a trusted account by sharing temporary security credentials. The trusting account…

I got interviewed on radio not too long ago — how did I get here? This year has brought some new and amazing experiences my way, I have attributed these to a wide range of other things and other people, but I also want to acknowledge another contributor that I…

I like the following quote by one of the most influential strategy thinkers and no1 best-selling author of Strategy Execution, Jeroen De Flander: “Strategy is thinking about a choice and choosing to stick with your thinking”. With the overwhelming need for businesses to migrate their applications to the Cloud as…

One of the overarching design principles of the AWS Well Architected Framework places strong focus on iteration, that your architecture will continuously evolve as you review what you have built — and as new services and features become available. …

The usual cliché; I absolutely love to challenge myself. How else would this ex-Mainframe developer, turned Business Analyst end up 2x AWS Certified, working as a Cloud Engineer at one of the biggest banks in the sub-Saharan Africa. My journey to being AWS Certified began almost 3 years ago. My…

The AWS Well Architected Framework is AWS’s offering to help builders build secure, high performing, resilient and efficient infrastructure for their applications. This framework consists of 5 Pillars — and the following general design principles are overarching and repeated throughout all of these 5 Pillars: Stop guessing capacity needs >>>…