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September 9, 2024

Cloud Security Governance: Strategic Decisions for the Executive Suite

In today’s digital era, cloud security governance is crucial for executives and managers to ensure a secure, compliant, and resilient cloud environment. It’s not just about selecting the right cloud services—it’s about making critical decisions that affect the organization’s overall risk posture and security infrastructure. Below is a detailed, practical guide tailored for C-suite executives and managers to implement strong […]

April 17, 2024

Understanding and Mitigating the LeakyCLI Vulnerability: AWS, GCP and Azure

Introduction to the LeakyCLI Vulnerability The LeakyCLI vulnerability identified by Orca Security is a critical issue found in the CLI tools of major cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. This flaw allows sensitive credentials to be exposed in build logs, thereby increasing the risk of security breaches. Azure has fixed the vulnerability, whereas, AWS and GCP have given […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 2 min read

February 14, 2024

Navigating the Aftermath: Mitigation Strategies for the “Mother of Leaks” Incident

The cybersecurity landscape was recently shaken by the “Mother of Leaks,” a colossal data breach consolidating information from various sources, affecting billions of records. This unprecedented leak underscores the vital importance of robust cybersecurity measures and responsive mitigation strategies. In this article, the outline contains critical steps IT organizations should take immediately and proactively to navigate the aftermath of this […]

Ayesha Arshad Cyber Security 4 min read

September 6, 2023

Unleashing the Power of Serverless on AWS: A Guide on designing Serverless Applications

Imagine a scenario where you are throwing a party and you have to prepare for the number of guests that will come. With serverless, you don’t have to set up a big hall or arrange for all the chairs and tables in advance, instead, you only set up what you need when you know how many guests are coming and […]

Ayesha Arshad Architecture Design 9 min read

April 22, 2022

Container Orchestration on AWS: ECS, EKS, Fargate, and ECR

As Tech World is progressing from Monolith architecture to Microservice-based Architecture it is important to the concepts of Container Orchestration. Hence this guide will introduce you to the containerization options provided by Amazon Web Services. In a Microservices-based Architecture, the whole application is broken down into small units. Each unit sticks to a specific section of the processing required by […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 7 min read

April 11, 2022

An Efficient way to Deploy your Code to Amazon EC2

The ways of the monolith deployments require Application teams to deploy their code on AWS Elastic Compute Cloud almost every day. With an increasing focus on automation luckily now we have tools to automate this boring procedure as well. Hence in this article, I will be discussing a less effective old way of deploying code on AWS EC2 instances and […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 2 min read

April 4, 2022

Getting Started with Docker: Easy Guide to Deploy WordPress on Docker Container

Simplest way to start learning a new tech or tool in IT is to start a Project! So this guide is aimed to help you create a Dockerized App for the first time. Simply follow the short and simple instructions given below but try to start with your own project instead of just replicating this one. You can start understanding […]

Ayesha Arshad DevOps 4 min read

March 23, 2022

AWS for Beginners: A Quick Zero to Hero Guide

If your starting your journey with AWS then a clear sense of direction and destination is necessary in order for you to succeed in this venture. Amazon Web Services include a far-reaching set of services that translate into million possibilities. And this characteristic makes AWS a fun skill to learn. This guide includes methodologies and strategies I have discovered during […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 5 min read

February 28, 2022

AWS Data Lifecycle Manager: A Quick way to automate AMI and Snapshot Management

AWS provides a quick and easy way to maintain your backups through AMIs and Snapshots. You can manually create AMIs and Snapshots of your EC2 Instance or you can automate this procedure for your ease. Automating the procedure lifts off the responsibility to generate updated AMIs and Snapshots. You can set retention policies and nominate your specified region for backup […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 3 min read

January 30, 2022

Understanding JSON and its usage in AWS

In this blog, we will discuss the tale of JSON (JavaScript Object Notation). You will find JSON a very useful tool while working with a lot of technologies. The most significant of them all is AWS itself. Hence JSON covers a great base of Scripting in AWS. JSON General Structure JSON is a lightweight way to share data among web […]

Ayesha Arshad AWS 2 min read