Category: Security, Identity, & Compliance

By Erin McGill, Partner Solutions Architect – AWS AWS Partners frequently ask me about the most secure way to access resources in a customer account. While this is possible using keys – secrets that are hard to manage, rotate, and ideally, should never be shared. We recommend that AWS Partners use a more secure method: […]

Editor’s note: This is the second of a popular two-part series by Aravind Kodandaramaiah. Read Part 1 >> By Aravind Kodandaramaiah, Solutions Architect at AWS who works closely with Global Systems Integrators (GSIs) In my previous post on securing REST APIs with Auth0, you learned the basics of token-based authentication using JWT tokens, configured the Auth0 portal […]

Editor’s note: This is the first of a popular two-part series by Aravind Kodandaramaiah. Read Part 2 >> By Aravind Kodandaramaiah, Solutions Architect at AWS who works closely with Global Systems Integrators (GSIs) It’s fairly common for customers to host backend REST APIs for their mobile, web, and enterprise applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). […]

In 2016, we hosted 38 guest posts from AWS Partner Solutions Architects (SAs), who work very closely with both Consulting and Technology Partners as they build solutions on AWS. As we kick off 2017, I want to take a look back at all of the fantastic content created by our SAs. A few key themes emerged […]

The following is a guest post from Annabelle Anderson on the AWS Partner Marketing team.  Regardless of if you’re looking to run a multi-channel marketing campaign or only need a few assets to enhance an existing campaign, APN Marketing Central can help you co-market your solutions on AWS. Available in the APN Portal for Standard-tier and […]

We have 10 upcoming AWS Partner Webinars featuring a select number of AWS Partners. These webinars feature technical sessions led by AWS solutions architects and engineers, live demonstrations, customer examples, and Q&A with AWS experts. Upcoming Webinars Seamless Visibility and Detection for the Cloud September 20th, 2016  | 10:00 – 11:00 AM PST Organizations need to apply security […]

The following is a guest post from our friends at AWS Security Competency Partner Sophos.  Fun fact: Sophos is one of the first APN Partners to be featured on “This Is My Architecture”, a new video series that highlights innovative AWS architectural solutions. Check out the Sophos video: Many of our more security conscious customers in AWS consider […]

We have four upcoming AWS Partner Webinars featuring a select number of AWS Partners. These webinars feature technical sessions led by AWS solutions architects and engineers, live demonstrations, customer examples, and Q&A with AWS experts. Upcoming Webinars   Intro to CloudPassage’s Automatic Security Scaling August 24, 2016 | 1:00 – 2:00 PM PST CloudPassage® Halo® provides virtually […]

Information security is deeply important to our customers and partner ecosystem. AWS Security Fundamentals is a free, online course that introduces you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts, including AWS access control and management, governance, logging, and encryption methods. It also addresses security-related compliance protocols, risk management strategies, and procedures for auditing AWS […]

Follow an AWS expert’s research on various encryption options such as Oracle Transparent Data Encryption (TDE) and Oracle Native Network Encryption (NNE), as well as SSL options on Amazon RDS. This post explains how Amazon RDS supports Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL. If you’re an architect or a developer, this will help you plan and configure storage and network encryption on Amazon RDS. You should be aware of the need to encrypt data at rest and how Oracle TDE, Oracle NNE, and SSL can help you achieve your encryption goals.