Security News

AWS offers new portfolio of compute offerings in the cloud
2020-12-03 01:30

Amazon Web Services announced five new Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud instances, two new AWS Outposts form factors, and three new AWS Local Zones locations that extend its lead in offering the broadest and deepest portfolio of compute offerings in the cloud. AWS already has more compute instance types than any other cloud provider, with instances based on the fastest processors from Intel, cost-optimized instances with AMD processors, the most powerful GPU instances from NVIDIA, instances that feature up to 400 Gbps networking performance, and the only Arm-based instances in the cloud offering customers 40% better price performance with AWS-designed AWS Graviton2 processors.

PagerDuty to action real-time critical observability data on AWS
2020-12-03 01:15

PagerDuty is one of four Amazon DevOpsGuru Launch Partners, further extending its longstanding relationship with AWS. Through this new integration, PagerDuty will automatically ingest observability data from Amazon DevOps Guru. PagerDuty consolidates these digital health signals and alerts, and uses AIOps to contextualize and filter out the noise so teams can remediate issues in real-time, and customers can ensure critical business services get delivered.

AWS unveils Mac instances for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
2020-12-02 02:30

Built on Mac mini computers, EC2 Mac instances enable customers to run on-demand macOS workloads in the AWS cloud for the first time ever, extending the flexibility, scalability, and cost benefits of AWS to all Apple developers. Similar to other Amazon EC2 instances, customers can easily use EC2 Mac instances together with AWS services and features like Amazon Virtual Private Cloud for network security, Amazon Elastic Block Storage for expandable storage, Amazon Elastic Load Balancer for distributing build queues, and Amazon Machine Images for OS image orchestration.

AWS and BlackBerry to develop and market BlackBerry’s Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform
2020-12-02 01:30

Amazon Web Services and BlackBerry announced a multi-year, global agreement to develop and market BlackBerry's Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform, IVY. BlackBerry IVY is a scalable, cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to provide a consistent and secure way to read vehicle sensor data, normalize it, and create actionable insights from that data both locally in the vehicle and in the cloud. BlackBerry IVY will support multiple vehicle operating systems and multi-cloud deployments in order to ensure compatibility across vehicle models and brands.

Zoom selects AWS as its preferred cloud provider to grow its core video meeting platform
2020-12-02 01:00

Amazon Web Services announced that Zoom has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider. AWS and Zoom are collaborating to develop new solutions for Zoom's enterprise users, leveraging the breadth and depth of AWS to integrate Zoom services with Amazon devices and capabilities to make it easier for organizations to run hybrid office and remote work models.

Webinar Today: Advanced Tips for Securing Large AWS Environments
2020-12-01 15:18

You're invited to join SecurityWeek, Orca Security, Sisense and AWS, today at 1PM ET for a live webinar on how enterprises can secure AWS estates with dozens of accounts and multiple asset types. Advanced techniques for managing multi-account AWS environments using AWS Organizations' advanced management and governance capabilities, including SCP, CloudTrail, and more.

Week in review: Kali Linux 2020.4, AWS Network Firewall, speeding up malware analysis
2020-11-22 07:40

Kali Linux 2020.4 released: New default shell, fresh tools, and more!Offensive Security has released Kali Linux 2020.4, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. Critical vulnerabilities in Cisco Security Manager fixed, researcher discloses PoCsCisco has patched two vulnerabilities in its Cisco Security Manager solution, both of which could allow unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain access to sensitive information on an affected system.

McAfee MVISION CNAPP enhances cloud-native security by integrating with AWS
2020-11-20 02:15

Announced last month, MVISION CNAPP is a new McAfee security service that combines Cloud Security Posture Management, Cloud Workload Protection Platform, and application and data security into one solution. CNAPP integrates with several AWS deployment services such as AWS Systems Manager and AWS PrivateLink to make deployment easier and more secure, as well as security services like AWS Security Hub with broader workload and data context for enhanced security.

Tufin and AWS Network Firewall deploy network protections for Amazon Virtual Private Clouds
2020-11-20 00:45

Tufin announced it will integrate with AWS Network Firewall, a new managed service that makes it easy to deploy essential network protections for all Amazon Virtual Private Clouds on Amazon Web Services, on-premise data centers and other cloud platforms for full visibility across the enterprise. "AWS is a very important cloud provider for our customers today and into the future, which is why we are excited to expand our collaboration and be a Launch Partner for AWS Network Firewall," said Pamela Cyr, Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development, Tufin.

AWS includes open-source Suricata for stateful inspection with Network Firewall service
2020-11-19 19:10

The Firewall Manager is a centralised service for configuring firewalls across accounts and applications within an AWS user organisation, this being a way of managing multiple AWS accounts. The new AWS Network Firewall moves beyond the existing services by adding more intelligent rules using the open-source Suricata project for intrusion detection.