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SCS Publishes Azure Security Checklist CIS Benchmarks exist for AWS but the same standards have not been developed for Azure accounts, leaving a lack of consensus on appropriate controls. In light of this SCS has developed its own standards and controls based on feedback from our customers. These have been made available today as the […]
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Recent security breaches associated with misconfiguration of Amazon S3 have resulted in massive and damaging data leaks. Voter registration details, financial information at Dow Jones and customer data from Verizon have all been exposed due to poor configuration of Amazon S3 settings. To combat this growing trend, Amazon this week announced a new security service […]
Read MoreThe Five Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework Creating a software system is a lot like constructing a building. If the foundation is not solid structural problems could undermine the integrity and function of the building. When architecting technology solutions, if you neglect the five pillars of security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimisation, and operational excellence […]
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