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How secure is your data on AWS—and what can you do about it?

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  For the eighth year in a row, AWS has been ranked in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant as the No. 1 IaaS provider. This is a clear indicator of the trust companies show in AWS, by migrating to AWS and adopting AWS services . Despite this, most companies, across industry segments have much to learn about AWS best practices for security. Organizations—across industries—should start to address their security concerns, or map them, by answering the following three questions: Who can access my applications and when are they being accessed? How is it possible for us to better monitor key file changes? How can we ensure of being notified in time in the event of an anomalous occurrence? This article looks at the key ways organizations can identify and meet the most common of challenges to AWS security. Beware of Misconfigurations It is common to see organizations give priority to putting tools and controls in place before establishing security strategy. It is far better and more practical to asse...

Are You spending more on your AWS Cloud than you Should?

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  Optimizing costs in AWS cloud management The entire premise of cloud computing is based on cost savings; opex over capex, cost of installing and upgrading hardware, software, security, and resources and training. But a number of businesses are finding their cloud costs overshooting budgets despite following  recommended  AWS best practices, viz: rightsizing, scheduling, and buying Reserved Instances. Though these remain excellent means of cloud cost-optimization, they can be supplemented by others that often go overlooked but can help you cut down your costs substantially. Try these approaches to further optimize your cloud costs. Pick the latest instances AWS routinely releases new-generation instances that offer improved performance and greater functionality than their earlier model. Shifting to these, or alternatively downsizing instances with low utilization metrics, can help you benefit from cost savings while enjoying the same, or higher, performance levels. Match...