John ByrdCorrective Controls for Public Resources (SSM Documents, EBS Snapshots)I hope to come back and expand on this and give code examples for the resolution, but for the time being…2 min read·May 15, 2021----
John ByrdInitial Impressions of Governing Delegated Administration for CloudFormation StackSetsI saw a conversation happening on LinkedIn after the announcement of Delegated Administration for CloudFormation StackSets and concerns…3 min read·Mar 2, 2021----
John ByrdGetting Started with JQ to Manipulating Outputs from the AWS CLI — NotesI know jq is far more powerful than what is represented here. This is an attempt to have a place to refer back to since I always have to…3 min read·Dec 6, 2020--1--1
John ByrdControl Improvements for Distribution of Approved AMIsEnforcing the use of approved and secured resources within AWS compute just got simpler. Thanks to a recent update by AWS, organizations…4 min read·Dec 5, 2020----
John ByrdManaging Baseline AMIs at Scale with Systems Manager and CloudFormationManaging baseline AMIs is critical to providing a secure, quick to production solution. Working on outdated images that require compliance…3 min read·Nov 1, 2020----
John ByrdWhat to Expect — Remote AWS Certification with PearsonPrior to all certification tests, I poke around on reddit, etc. to get a feeling for what others have experienced with the test that I’m…4 min read·Sep 9, 2020----
John ByrdOperationalizing GuardDuty FindingsMany organizations have established Security Programs that include a Security Information and Event Management solution or application…2 min read·Sep 3, 2020----
John ByrdEnforcing Standard Resources With Service Catalog at Scale with Least PrivilegeHaving defined new standards and begun remediation efforts, it becomes obvious when innovation begins to outpace governance. Teams start…4 min read·May 31, 2020----
John ByrdDecouple Resource Policies from Their PrincipalsIn attempting to ready all new accounts for provisioning of resources through our CICD pipeline, we needed to create roles that trusted…4 min read·Apr 29, 2020--1--1
John ByrdEnabling Teams Using CloudFormation with Centrally Managing StackSet DeploymentsGive multiple teams access to centralized cloudformation deployments from the organizational master account with sufficient guardrails4 min read·Apr 9, 2020----
