Issue #134

Monday · December 11, 2023

🥖 Palate Cleanser

Hey Folks,

In the spotlight this week: AWS has announced plans to mandate Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for the root user of AWS Organizations, set to take effect in mid-2024.

In other news, Amazon DataZone has officially transitioned from preview to General Availability (GA).

Lastly, we delve into an in-depth discussion on architectural choices and the critical decisions behind constructing a secure and efficient landing zone.

Stay tuned for these updates and more!

Victor

📋 Chef's selections

  1. AWS IAM Privilege Escalation by Policy Misconfiguration
  2. The Lambda monitoring blind spot
  3. Dive deep on our AWS landing zone: Architecture, Decisions made, Lessons learnt — Part 1

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🍪 API changes

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