Last Week In AWS Podcast

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• Amazon MSK now offers a new low-cost storage tier that scales to virtually unlimited storage
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) now supports the transfer of Elastic IP addresses between AWS accounts
• AWS IoT Core announces Location Action to route location data from IoT devices to Amazon Location Service
• Amazon Connect Customer Profiles now surfaces additional customer information in the Amazon Connect Agent Application 
• Keeping Pace with FinServ Regulatory Compliance Demands with Smarsh and AWS 
• Use Alexa devices to initiate customer service with Amazon Connect
• How USAA built an Amazon S3 malware scanning solution  
• Vela Games Cuts Game Build Times by 60% Using Infrastructure on AWS
• Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) helps improve inbox deliverability with new features
• Increasing sustainability for your Microsoft workloads on AWS
• How Nomad uses Amazon IVS to scale public court livestreams
• Export historical Security Hub findings to an S3 bucket to enable complex analytics 
• How to control non-HTTP and non-HTTPS traffic to a DNS domain with AWS Network Firewall and AWS Lambda 

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• SOCRadar demonstrated a significant leak that spanned the world; it distills down to an Azure equivalent of an open S3 bucket.
• This security recap of 2022 Google Next and Microsoft Ignite is worth reading if you're doing things in that particular side of the ecosystem.
• IAM Access Analyzer findings now support Amazon SNS topics and five other AWS resource types to help you identify public and cross-account access 
• DNS Analysis Server is a tool that can be used to demonstrate vulnerabilities in your DNS configuration. 
• A very reasonable API Security Checklist of things to consider before releasing your API to the world.

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• Amazon Aurora supports cluster export to S3 
• Amazon Cognito now provides user pool deletion protection 
• Amazon Connect adds real-time schedule adherence
• Amazon EC2 enables easier patching of guest operating system and applications with Replace Root Volume 
• Amazon Neptune Serverless is now generally available 
• Introducing the Amazon OpenSearch Service delivery program
• Amazon SageMaker Canvas supports tags to track and allocate costs incurred by users 
• AWS Console Mobile Application adds support for AWS CloudShell 
• AWS Fault Injection Simulator now supports network connectivity disruption
• AWS Nitro Enclaves is now supported on AWS Graviton
• AWS Organizations console now allows users to centrally manage primary contact information on AWS accounts 
• AWS Private Certificate Authority introduces a mode for short-lived certificates 
• Announcing dark mode support in the AWS Management Console 
• EC2 High Memory instances with 18TiB and 24TiB of memory are now available with On-Demand and Savings Plan purchase options 
• How to take advantage of the AWS Free Tier
• Goldman Sachs, a legacy financial services firm, transforms its operations on AWS 
• Reduce food waste to improve sustainability and financial results in retail with Amazon Forecast 
• Cost Optimization recommendations for AWS Config 
• Optimize your Amazon EC2 instances cost at scale by migrating from Intel to AMD using AWS Systems Manager Automation 

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• Go to snark.cloud/shirt to get your limited edition S3 8th Wonder of the World t-shirt to benefit our friends at 826 National
• Amazon CloudFront adds fields for origin latency and ASN in real-time logs for more granular insights
• Amazon EC2 adds Service Quotas for Amazon Machine Images (AMIs)
• Amazon WorkDocs adds support for Apple Silicon MacBooks
• AWS Control Tower now available in GovCloud (US) Regions 
• Announcing increased AWS IAM Identity Center default quota values
• Announcing AWS Parameters and Secrets Lambda Extension
• Announcing Camera Stream Pause and Resume on AWS Panorama
• Announcing Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Workstation on AWS
• Announcing Remote Reboot for AWS Panorama
• How can I get insights into my portfolio with AWS Cost Explorer?
• Migrate Google Cloud for MySQL to Amazon Aurora MySQL
• Host code-server on Amazon SageMaker
• Working backwards from Vision Zero to improve road safety 
• Changes to AWS Certification exam delivery

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• A walkthrough that takes us on a whirlwind tour of AWS Secrets Manager and the principle of least-privilege. 
• Azure Arc-enabled Kubernetes privilege escalation vulnerability
• Datadog has an report out on the The State of AWS Security
• Simplifying serverless permissions with AWS SAM Connectors 
• Tool of the week: trailscraper gets signal from noise when it comes to CloudTrail logs. 

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• Amazon Chime announces new mobile apps with features to improve your meeting experience
• Amazon Detective improves search by supporting case insensitivity 
• AWS Activate is now open to all startups 
• AWS CloudFormation StackSets increases limits on three service quotas
• AWS IQ now supports partners and independent consultants in Australia, Europe, Japan, and other regions
• Announcing a new Cost Explorer console experience 
• Omdia study: how the media and entertainment industry uses cloud marketplace solutions
• Best Practices for Hosting Regulated Gaming Workloads in AWS Local Zones and on AWS Outposts
• Reducing AWS Fargate Startup Times with zstd Compressed Container Images
• Managing your Game Studio on AWS part 2
• Netflix innovates and entertains the world, powered by AWS 
• How to use AWS Config and CloudTrail to find who made changes to a resource 
• Introducing AWS Global Accelerator IPv6 
• Canary Testing with AWS App Mesh and Tekton
• The economic impact of AWS’s investment in Japan 
• Goldman Sachs and AWS examine efficient ways to load data into quantum computers 
• The importance of a mentor in your cloud learning journey