nash ogden7 min
Amazon Macie + Detective on AWS: Data Security Posture Management and Forensic Investigation in Production
Macie + Detective: S3 DSPM and forensic graphs. July 2026 — scope costs, KMS decrypt, paired Security Hub pipeline.
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- nash ogden6 min
AWS Network Firewall + Firewall Manager: Multi-Account Stateful L3-L7 Defense in Production
Network Firewall + Firewall Manager for Org-wide L3–L7. July 2026: centralized inspection, Suricata, TLS bypass, rollout checklist.
- palaniappan p6 min
AWS RDS Performance and Caching: IOPS, Query Tuning, and Application-Layer Cache Patterns
RDS performance: gp3 IOPS, Performance Insights / Database Insights, Proxy, replicas, ElastiCache. July 2026 tuning checklist.
- nash ogden8 min
AWS Resource Hardening Quick Wins: DMS, OpenSearch, SageMaker, and Lambda Runtimes
Hardening quick wins: private DMS, OpenSearch encryption, SageMaker VPC-only, Lambda runtime EOL. July 2026 checklist.
- nash ogden7 min
AWS Verified Access in Production: A Zero-Trust Network Access (ZTNA) Replacement for Legacy VPN
Verified Access ZTNA: Cedar policies, Identity Center, TCP endpoints (GA). July 2026 Client VPN migration checklist.
- nash ogden8 min
DORA Compliance on AWS: A Practical Guide for EU Financial Entities and ICT Third-Party Providers
DORA on AWS since Jan 2025: RoI, TLPT/TIBER-EU, incident clocks, Artifact addendum. July 2026 readiness checklist.
- nash ogden8 min
EU AI Act on AWS: A Practical Compliance Guide for High-Risk AI on Bedrock and SageMaker
EU AI Act compliance on AWS — risk classification, prohibited practices, GPAI obligations, the high-risk Annex III framework (enforceable 2 August 2026), and the AWS-native control mapping using Bedrock Guardrails, SageMaker Model Cards, and Audit Manager governance.
- nash ogden7 min
Building a Vulnerability Management Program on AWS: CVSS, KEV, and Reachability
How to build a vulnerability management program that scales beyond CVE-counting. Inspector v2 deployment, CVSS + CISA KEV + reachability for risk-based prioritization, container and IaC scanning in CI/CD, and remediation SLAs that survive audits.
- nash ogden8 min
GDPR Compliance on AWS: A Practical Guide for SaaS Companies
GDPR compliance on AWS for SaaS companies handling EU resident data. Region selection, the AWS DPA, data subject rights automation, RoPA documentation, breach notification, and the technical controls regulators expect.
- nash ogden7 min
ISO 27001 Certification on AWS: ISMS Implementation Guide for 2026
ISO 27001:2022 on AWS: ISMS scope, 93 Annex A mapping, Stage 1/2 evidence. July 2026 stage checklist.
- nash ogden10 min
NIS2 Directive on AWS: A Practical Compliance Guide for EU Critical Infrastructure
NIS2 on AWS: Essential/Important scope, Art. 21 measures, 24h/72h clocks, supply chain. July 2026 checklist.
- nash ogden6 min
NIST Cybersecurity Framework 2.0 on AWS: Implementation & Maturity Guide
NIST CSF 2.0 on AWS: Govern + six functions, tiers, 800-53/171/CMMC. July 2026 Tier-3 checklist.
