5 Ways AWS Security Features Strengthen Business Cloud Security and Compliance

by Hannah Grace Holladay / April 12, 2023

Businesses have many infrastructure hosting solutions to choose from, from physical servers hosted in owned data centers, to colocated servers in managed data centers, to many different cloud platforms. However, in 2021, Amazon Web Services (AWS) is by far the largest infrastructure hosting platform in the world.  Businesses choose AWS because it offers a diverse array of cloud services backed by the technical expertise of one of the most valuable…

AWS IAM Account Security: 5 AWS IAM Best Practices

by Hannah Grace Holladay / April 12, 2023

AWS provides dozens of cloud services ranging from storage and compute to machine learning and security services. AWS is by far the biggest cloud platform, and thousands of businesses entrust it with their most sensitive data and critical workloads. Ensuring only authorized users can access these assets is the job of AWS Identity and Access Management (AWS IAM).  As you might imagine, improper use of AWS IAM can create serious…

Do These 8 Vulnerabilities Affect Your Infrastructure’s AWS Security?

by Hannah Grace Holladay / February 13, 2023

AWS Vulnerabilities Amazon Web Services (AWS) dominates the enterprise cloud landscape. Around two-thirds of business cloud users host infrastructure on AWS.  That includes many of the biggest companies in the world and small and medium businesses in the tens of thousands. AWS’s popularity makes it a tempting target for cybercriminals: AWS vulnerabilities could let them steal data from thousands of businesses. Amazon regularly finds and fixes vulnerabilities in the platform’s…

How to Build Secure IT Infrastructure for Your Business

by Hannah Grace Holladay / June 14, 2023

The global information technology industry is worth around $5 trillion. To put that in perspective, the global oil and gas market is worth $5.8 trillion. IT is an enormous industry because every business depends on IT infrastructure. That makes infrastructure security a priority for organizations, from sole proprietorships to multinational corporations and governments. As a business owner or executive, you are responsible for creating and managing a secure infrastructure platform.…

Carving Out Vulnerabilities Through Comparison

by Hannah Grace Holladay / February 13, 2023

A Guessing Game Picture this – Halloween in the ’80s. A classroom full of students at their desks, staring at a large object hidden under a blanket. The guessing game had only just begun. Gasps filled the room as our teacher revealed a gigantic pumpkin. “If you guess how much it weighs, it’s yours!” Our teacher was encouraging a creative lesson on estimation. The only thing keeping that pumpkin from…