Season 3 Episode 30 - Serverless Security, Multicloud and AWS Earnings

In Season 3, Episode 30 Karl & Jon are joined by AWS Community Builder, Warren Parad. They discuss AWS Step Functions Encryption, AWS Parameter Store Sharing, AWS Touts Multi-Cloud Capabilities, AWS Quietly Freezes Services, AWS Q2 2022 Earnings and Jon has a proper rant about the deprecation of CodeCommit...   

 

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04:03 - Strengthening data security in AWS Step Functions with a customer-managed AWS KMS key 

They discuss a recent AWS blog post about encrypting AWS Step Functions state machines using AWS KMS keys. They debate the usefulness and security implications of this new feature.

 

11:57 - Introducing Parameter Store cross-account sharing 

They discuss a new capability from AWS to share Parameter Store parameters across accounts. They debate whether this simplifies operations or creates potential security issues.

 

17:39 - AWS and Multicloud: Existing capabilities & continued enhancements 

They discuss a recent AWS blog post about their multi-cloud capabilities and tools. They consider whether the major cloud providers are becoming commoditized.

 

25:16 - AWS quietly freezes CodeCommit, Cloud9, SimpleDB and more, customers complain about lack of notice 

They discuss AWS deprecating several services like CodeCommit and Cloud9 without notice. They express frustration at the lack of communication.

 

34:12 - Amazon’s cloud unit reports 19% revenue growth, topping estimates 

Thy discuss Amazon's latest quarterly earnings report, which exceeded expectations largely driven by AWS growth.

 

Guest was Warren Parad: 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/warren-parad/

https://warrenparad.net
https://dev.to/wparad