AWS has open-sourced theCedar policy languageand authorization engine, allowing users to express fine-grained permissions and decouple access control from application logic. The Cedar project, under the Apache License 2.0, includes the language specification and SDK for policy authoring, validation.. read more  

AWS has announced the availability of the AWS Service Catalog with self-service provisioning of Terraform configurations in the AWS Service Management Connector for ServiceNow. - The launch also includes integrations with various AWS services, such as Amazon WorkSpaces, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, Amazo.. read more  

There are alternative ways to use Azure DevOps agents on AKS withKaniko. Through this, you can replace Docker with a container build tool that can build images without needing a Docker daemon or special privileges for the build. Kaniko is used to build test images and create an agent for deployment.. read more  

Setting up Azure security groups correctly is crucial in safeguarding your environment from unauthorized access, data breaches, and other security risks. In this post, Eyal Katz perfectly explained two main types ofAzure securitygroups: - Network Security Groups (NSGs) - Application Security Groups.. read more  

As the size of distributed systems in organizations grows, it becomes essential to monitor and trace the interactions between various services within the system.OpenTelemetryan open-source observability framework, has become increasingly popular for this purpose. Rahul Rail shares a step-by-step tu.. read more  

This helpful post by Bradley Ball outlines three different ways to monitor deadlocks, including SQL Server Profiler, Extended Events, and querying the system_health Extended Events session. SQL Server Profiler can capture detailed deadlock graphs, which provide a visualization of the deadlock and a.. read more  

Pradeep Srikakolapu provides a step-by-step guide for developers to use Visual Studio, Azure Data Studio, and Azure DevOps pipelines to build, publish, and deploy database code and shows - How to version control Synapse Dedicated SQL Pool (Azure data warehouse) objects? - How to continuously develop.. read more  

Microsoft has fixedthree vulnerabilities in its Azure API Management service, two of which enabled server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks that could have allowed hackers to access internal Azure assets. The exploits highlight the disadvantages of using blacklisting techniques as a defence again.. read more  

Palo Alto Networks has announced itsML-Powered Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)will now be available on Microsoft Azure as a fully managed Azure-native ISV service. - Cloud NGFW for Azure uses AI and ML to detect and stop known, unknown and zero-day threats, providing unparalleled security features t.. read more  

- Customers can access the cloud service with standard protocols such as Server Message Block or Network File System, and Microsoft has been active in adding to its benefits list ever since adding support for the NFS v4.1 protocol back in December. - The service now offers a 99.99% uptime SLA, snaps.. read more