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Road to re:Invent - Reserved Seating Opening
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Road to re:Invent - Reserved Seating Opening

AWS re:Invent is absolutely massive. The only way to keep things somewhat organized is to use a reserved seating system for sessions. That system opened today and I live streamed the ins and outs of booking seats for various events.

3 Years of Serverless Security
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3 Years of Serverless Security

Serverless architectures help you and your team focus almost entirely on delivering business value. They also break almost every existing security technique. I've been actively researching serverless security for a while now, here's what I've learned over the past three years.

The Sky Is Falling Run
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The Sky Is Falling Run

Cybersecurity is topic that comes up regularly as something you <em>have</em> to door should door are forced to look at by your security team. But why? There have been reports of serverless threats. Rumours of traditional security issues that should keep you up at night. Is any of it real?

Road to re:Invent - What Is Serverless
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Road to re:Invent - What Is Serverless

Serverless is hot right now, but are we all talking about the same thing? In this live stream, we dive into what serverless is, why it's a big win for your business, and how to get started.

Advanced Security Automation Made Simple
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Advanced Security Automation Made Simple

Security is often misunderstood and addressed in the last stages of a build. Operationally, it’s ignored until there is an emergency. In this talk, we review several advanced security processes and discuss how too easily automate them using common tools in the AWS Cloud.

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.