AWS Weekly Roundup: Passkey MFA, Malware Safety on Amazon S3, and extra (June 17, 2024)

Final week, my alma mater Commonplace Financial institution Group (SBG) hosted a Software program Engineering Convention and invited me to be one of many keynote audio system. SBG has presence all through Africa and this hybrid convention was attended by virtually 2,000 engineers from throughout the continent. It was superb to reconnect with long-time mates and former colleagues, and to make new mates.

Final week’s launches
Listed here are some launches that bought my consideration throughout the earlier week.

Passkey multi-factor authentication (MFA) for root and IAM customers – We’ve added passkeys to the listing of supported multi-factor authentication (MFA) in your root and AWS Id and Entry Administration (IAM) customers, to provide the comfort of use and straightforward recoverability. A passkey is a pair of cryptographic keys generated in your consumer gadget whenever you register for a service or a web site. Passkeys can be utilized to interchange passwords. Nonetheless, for this preliminary launch, we select to make use of passkeys as a second issue authentication, along with your password.

Amazon GuardDuty Malware Safety for Amazon S3 – At AWS re:Inforce 2024 this previous week, we introduced basic availability of Amazon GuardDuty Malware Safety for Amazon Easy Storage Service (Amazon S3). That is an enlargement of GuardDuty Malware Safety to detect malicious file uploads to chose S3 buckets. Advantages embody the flexibility to completely handle malware detection with out managing compute infrastructure, and protection abstract for all protected buckets in your group, to call just a few. Learn extra in the publish revealed final week detailing Amazon GuardDuty Malware Safety for Amazon S3.

IAM Entry Analyzer Replace – Extra goodness out of AWS re:Inforce 2024 final week! We introduced an IAM Entry Analyzer Replace, which lets you prolong customized coverage checks and in addition features a guided revocation. This offers you steerage you could share along with your builders in order that they will revoke unneeded permissions. My colleague Jeff Barr writes about it in additional element on this publish.

Different AWS information
AWS open supply information and updates – My colleague Ricardo writes this weekly open supply e-newsletter wherein he highlights new open supply tasks, instruments, and demos from the AWS Group.

The .Internet developer group stays near our hearts right here at AWS. I’m impressed by my colleagues Brandon Minnick and Francois Bouteruche who assist this group, ensuing within the AWS and the Azure engineering groups working collectively to create pleasant .NET developer experiences. On the just lately held NDC Oslo, which is a part of the NDC Conferences hosted all over the world, VP of Azure Developer Expertise, Scott Hunter, talked about this collaboration throughout his keynote. Be sure that to catch the keynote on the NDC Conferences YouTube Channel as quickly because it’s revealed.

Upcoming AWS occasions
AWS Summits – These are free on-line and in-person occasions that convey the cloud computing group collectively to attach, collaborate, and find out about AWS. Whether or not you’re within the Americas, Asia Pacific & Japan, or EMEA area, be taught right here about future AWS Summit occasions occurring in your space.

AWS Group Days – Be a part of an AWS Group Day occasion similar to the one I discussed initially of this publish to take part in technical discussions, workshops, and hands-on labs led by skilled AWS customers and business leaders out of your space. If you happen to’re in Sri Lanka, there’s an occasion occurring in your space subsequent week.

You possibly can browse all upcoming in-person and digital occasions right here.

That’s all for this week. Verify again subsequent Monday for one more Weekly Roundup!

– Veliswa

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