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Road to re:Invent - Amazon Athena and Quicksight
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Road to re:Invent - Amazon Athena and Quicksight

Amazon Athena lets you treat files in Amazon S3 like they were a database. That doesn't sound too cool until you realize the possibilities: data stays in place, storage is low cost, data management gets easier. Now add in Amazon Quicksight. This service allows you to quick and easily visualiz

Road to re:Invent - Amazon S3
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Road to re:Invent - Amazon S3

Amazon S3 was one of the first AWS services and it continues to be the cornerstone of the AWS Cloud today. This stream covers the basics of the service and how to ensure that your data is only accessed in the ways that you expect.

5 Tips for Remote Tv Appearances and Video Calls
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5 Tips for Remote Tv Appearances and Video Calls

Keeping a personal website up to date is always tricky. The technical pieces are simple, it's be satisfied with the design and making the commitment to focus on the site when there is a ton of other, maybe more interesting work to be done. Needless to say, this is my restarting this site!

E-transfer Security
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E-transfer Security

CBC's Go Public pointed out the rising rates of e-transfer fraud and consumers are shocking. The expectation was that e-transfers were safe and convenient...turns out, not so much.

Road to re:Invent - The Shared Responsibility Model
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Road to re:Invent - The Shared Responsibility Model

The Shared Responsibility Model governs how operations (which security is a part of) work in the cloud. In this live stream, we explore the realities of the model and how to verify AWS is fulfilling their responsibilities.

Road to re:Invent - Intro to the Aws Cli
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Road to re:Invent - Intro to the Aws Cli

Don't be afraid of the command line (CLI), it's insanely useful. This live stream explores those uses and shows you how to use the AWS CLI to accomplish some simple but helpful tasks in the AWS Cloud.

Road to re:Invent - Intro to AWS Lambda
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Road to re:Invent - Intro to AWS Lambda

AWS Lambda is probably the most talked about service in the entire AWS Cloud. It lets you run your code based on various triggers with almost no overhead. In this live stream, we look at AWS Lambda basics and even complete a small project connecting code to events in S3.

Road to re:Invent - Kick Off
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Road to re:Invent - Kick Off

AWS re:Invent 2019 is going to be HUGE. Mark will be conducting a series of live streams and publishing a ton of content leading up to the show in early December. In this stream, we get the series started off with some questions to you and an overview of what to expect.

Retargeting In Online Politics
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Retargeting In Online Politics

CBC News posted an article about how Canadian federal MPs are using digital tracking technologies on their personal websites. So what is retargeting? How is it used? Why is its use in politics different?

Cybersecurity Patching in Context
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Cybersecurity Patching in Context

Letting customers know about a security vulnerability is never an easy thing. From the logistics of it to the reputation management issues. But this is a critical aspect of delivery software and services. What's the best way to tackle this problem?

Business Email Compromise
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Business Email Compromise

Cybercriminals don't always use complicated technical attacks to get around your cybersecurity. Sometimes—probably more often than we care to admit—it's the really simple stuff that works and what's simpler than an email?

Privacy Expectations
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Privacy Expectations

Facebook was recently called out for listening to users audio messages on Facebook Messenger. They aren't alone. Apple, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft all have admitted to having contractors analyze audio from their voice assitants (and Microsoft's Skype service). What's the impact