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Recent Blog Posts
- Introducing Agent CommanderIndustry’s First Platform To Detect, Protect, and Undo AI Risks To Data The promise of AI Agents is staggering— intelligent systems that make decisions, use tools, automate complex workflows act as force multipliers for every knowledge worker. But for every advanced AI Agent that makes headlines for executing complex math proofs or automating scientific research… Read more: Introducing Agent Commander
- Public Sector Cybersecurity: Best Practices for U.S. Government and Defense AgenciesKey Takeaways: Public sector cybersecurity requires a shift from simple defense to full cyber resilience, ensuring government agencies and defense organizations can recover rapidly after any cyberattack or disruption. Aligning security programs with proven frameworks such as the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, ISO 27001, and the CIA Triad strengthens compliance and operational readiness. Implementing immutable backups, recovery testing, and Zero Trust access controls significantly reduces the impact of ransomware and insider threats.… Read more: Public Sector Cybersecurity: Best Practices for U.S. Government and Defense Agencies
- Introducing OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail to run your autonomous private AI agentsToday, we’re announcing the general availability of OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail to launch OpenClaw instance, pairing your browser, enabling AI capabilities, and optionally connecting messaging channels. Your Lightsail OpenClaw instance is pre-configured with Amazon Bedrock as the default AI model provider. Once you complete setup, you can start chatting with your AI assistant immediately —… Read more: Introducing OpenClaw on Amazon Lightsail to run your autonomous private AI agents
- Veeam Expands Support for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Google CloudVeeam has long-standing partnerships with both Nutanix and Google Cloud. We are excited to announce a new, collaborative solution that helps our joint enterprise customers strengthen their cyber resilience and better safeguard data from ransomware. When it comes to protecting your critical data, Veeam, Nutanix, and Google Cloud have you covered. Introducing Veeam Support for… Read more: Veeam Expands Support for Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on Google Cloud
- AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI partnership, AWS Elemental Inference, Strands Labs, and more (March 2, 2026)This past week, I’ve been deep in the trenches helping customers transform their businesses through AI-DLC (AI-Driven Lifecycle) workshops. Throughout 2026, I’ve had the privilege of facilitating these sessions for numerous customers, guiding them through a structured framework that helps organizations identify, prioritize, and implement AI use cases that deliver measurable business value. AI-DLC is… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: OpenAI partnership, AWS Elemental Inference, Strands Labs, and more (March 2, 2026)
- AWS Security Hub Extended offers full-stack enterprise security with curated partner solutionsAt re:Invent 2025, we introduced a completely re-imagined AWS Security Hub that unifies AWS security services, including Amazon GuardDuty and Amazon Inspector into a single experience. This unified experience automatically and continuously analyzes security findings in combination to help you prioritize and respond to your critical security risks. Today, we’re announcing AWS Security Hub Extended,… Read more: AWS Security Hub Extended offers full-stack enterprise security with curated partner solutions
- Transform live video for mobile audiences with AWS Elemental InferenceToday, we’re announcing AWS Elemental Inference, a fully managed AI service that automatically transforms and maximizes live and on-demand video broadcasts to engage audiences at scale. At launch, you’ll be able to use AWS Elemental Inference to adapt video content into vertical formats optimized for mobile and social platforms in real time. With AWS Elemental… Read more: Transform live video for mobile audiences with AWS Elemental Inference
- Introducing Agent CommanderDetect AI Risk. Protect AI Use. Undo AI Mistakes. AI agents are moving quickly from experimentation to operational infrastructure. In many organizations, that growth is outpacing the ability to control them and recover from failures. An agent is only as trustworthy as the data it can access, and the permissions it operates under. And the… Read more: Introducing Agent Commander
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, Kiro in GovCloud Regions, new Agent Plugins, and more (February 23, 2026)Last week, my team met many developers at Developer Week in San Jose. My colleague, Vinicius Senger delivered a great keynote about renascent software—a new way of building and evolving applications where humans and AI collaborate as co-developers using Kiro. Other colleagues spoke about building and deploying production-ready AI agents. Everyone stayed to ask and… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Sonnet 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, Kiro in GovCloud Regions, new Agent Plugins, and more (February 23, 2026)
- Veeam Hits Record-Breaking 25 Million Microsoft 365 Users Protected: Why It MattersFor nearly a decade, Veeam has set the standard for innovation in Microsoft 365 backup and data protection. Veeam’s unwavering commitment to data resilience and security is now proven by a landmark achievement: Over 25 million Microsoft 365 users are protected by Veeam solutions. More than any backup solution in market. This milestone cements Veeam… Read more: Veeam Hits Record-Breaking 25 Million Microsoft 365 Users Protected: Why It Matters
- Security Risks of Model Context Protocol: What CISOs Need to Know Before Connecting AI to Enterprise DataTL;DR Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a standard way for an AI app/agent to access tools, resources, and prompts exposed by an MCP server. The big new security risk MCP brings into the enterprise model is prompt injection/context manipulation that can steer an agent into unsafe tool use (including unintended access or data exfiltration). Many… Read more: Security Risks of Model Context Protocol: What CISOs Need to Know Before Connecting AI to Enterprise Data
- Amazon EC2 Hpc8a Instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now availableToday, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Hpc8a instances, a new high performance computing (HPC) optimized instance type powered by latest 5th Generation AMD EPYC processors with a maximum frequency of up to 4.5 GHz. These instances are ideal for compute-intensive tightly coupled HPC workloads, including computational fluid dynamics,… Read more: Amazon EC2 Hpc8a Instances powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC processors are now available
- Announcing Amazon SageMaker Inference for custom Amazon Nova modelsSince we launched Amazon Nova customization in Amazon SageMaker AI at AWS NY Summit 2025, customers have been asking for the same capabilities with Amazon Nova as they do when they customize open weights models in Amazon SageMaker Inference. They also wanted have more control and flexibility in custom model inference over instance types, auto-scaling… Read more: Announcing Amazon SageMaker Inference for custom Amazon Nova models
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, new open weights models in Amazon Bedrock, and more (February 16, 2026)I joined AWS in 2021, and since then I’ve watched the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance family grow at a pace that still surprises me. From AWS Graviton-powered instances to specialized accelerated computing options, it feels like every few months there’s a new instance type landing that pushes performance boundaries further. As of… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 M8azn instances, new open weights models in Amazon Bedrock, and more (February 16, 2026)
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Builder ID Sign in with Apple, and more (February 9, 2026)Here are the notable launches and updates from last week that can help you build, scale, and innovate on AWS. Last week’s launches Here are the launches that got my attention this week. Let’s start with news related to compute and networking infrastructure: Introducing Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances: These new Amazon EC2… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Opus 4.6 in Amazon Bedrock, AWS Builder ID Sign in with Apple, and more (February 9, 2026)
- Securing GenAI Beyond the Model: 10 LLM Attacks and the Case for Governance and RecoveryWhy This Matters Now Enterprises are moving beyond chatbots into LLM-powered assistants that can: Retrieve information from internal repositories (RAG). Summarize sensitive content. Create tickets and run workflows. And most importantly: Take actions through tool integrations (e.g., email, ITSM, IAM, cloud APIs, DevOps pipelines). That’s where risk changes dramatically. Traditional application security focuses on code… Read more: Securing GenAI Beyond the Model: 10 LLM Attacks and the Case for Governance and Recovery
- Compliance Requirements Every IT and Security Team Should Know AboutTL;DR — Key Takeaways Global frameworks like DORA and CIRCIA now make resilience, backup testing, and incident reporting mandatory for regulated organizations. Meeting regulatory compliance requirements demands a baseline security posture, encryption, access control, and audit logging. Supply‑chain risk management and incident response planning are now essential to ensure business continuity and regulatory readiness. For security leaders, compliance is no longer a distant audit… Read more: Compliance Requirements Every IT and Security Team Should Know About
- Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances with up to 22.8 TB local NVMe storage are generally availableLast year, we launched the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) C8i instances, M8i instances, and R8i instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors available only on AWS with sustained all-core 3.9 GHz turbo frequency. They deliver the highest performance and fastest memory bandwidth among comparable Intel processors in the cloud. Today we’re announcing… Read more: Amazon EC2 C8id, M8id, and R8id instances with up to 22.8 TB local NVMe storage are generally available
- Securing Kubernetes Compliance: From Risk to ResilienceTL;DR — Key Takeaways Compliance is now a core requirement for Kubernetes operations as regulated data moves into containerized and cloud‑native environments. Regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS demand verifiable protection, recovery, and auditability across Kubernetes clusters. Open‑source tools often fall short when it comes to automation, audit logging, and policy enforcement. Veeam Kasten for Kubernetes delivers policy‑based compliance, FIPS 140‑3 encryption,… Read more: Securing Kubernetes Compliance: From Risk to Resilience
- How the Compare and Restore Fields Wizard Changes Entra ID RecoveryIdentity and access management (IAM) platforms like Microsoft Entra ID now sit at the center of modern data resilience. They connect users to applications, enforce conditional access, and underpin day-to-day productivity across cloud environments. As a result, protecting Entra ID has become foundational to keeping organizations operational and secure. This is one key reason why… Read more: How the Compare and Restore Fields Wizard Changes Entra ID Recovery
- Why Zero-Day Downstream Mass Data Extortion Campaigns are Losing Their BiteQ4 of 2025 was marked by the latest large-scale data theft campaign by the CL0P ransomware gang, this time exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS). The campaign came from a playbook CL0P pioneered nearly five years ago. The strategy involves: purchase a zero-day exploit of a widely used enterprise file transfer or… Read more: Why Zero-Day Downstream Mass Data Extortion Campaigns are Losing Their Bite
- AWS IAM Identity Center now supports multi-Region replication for AWS account access and application useToday, we’re announcing the general availability of AWS IAM Identity Center multi-Region support to enable AWS account access and managed application use in additional AWS Regions. With this feature, you can replicate your workforce identities, permission sets, and other metadata in your organization instance of IAM Identity Center connected to an external identity provider (IdP),… Read more: AWS IAM Identity Center now supports multi-Region replication for AWS account access and application use
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock agent workflows, Amazon SageMaker private connectivity, and more (February 2, 2026)Over the past week, we passed Laba festival, a traditional marker in the Chinese calendar that signals the final stretch leading up to the Lunar New Year. For many in China, it’s a moment associated with reflection and preparation, wrapping up what the year has carried, and turning attention toward what lies ahead. Looking forward,… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon Bedrock agent workflows, Amazon SageMaker private connectivity, and more (February 2, 2026)
- ESXi Ransomware Bug: Paying Won’t Restore Your FilesNitrogen ransomware was derived from the previously leaked Conti 2 builder code and is similar to other Conti-based ransomware, but a coding mistake in its ESXi malware causes it to encrypt files with the wrong public key, irreversibly corrupting them. In practice, this means even the threat actor can’t decrypt affected files. If victims don’t… Read more: ESXi Ransomware Bug: Paying Won’t Restore Your Files
- From Packets to Prompts: How Security is Changing with AI and Why LLM Firewalls MatterSecurity evolves alongside what we build. When we built networks, we got network firewalls. When we built web applications, we added web application firewalls (WAFs), API gateways, and application-layer controls. Now that teams are shipping products that can reason over unstructured text, retrieve private data, and trigger actions through tools, security is shifting again. The… Read more: From Packets to Prompts: How Security is Changing with AI and Why LLM Firewalls Matter
- Data Sovereignty in SaaS: Building Resilience and Compliance for Microsoft 365Summary: Data sovereignty in SaaS has become a board‑level priority as organizations seek to balance agility with the control of sensitive cloud‑based data, such as Microsoft 365 content. True sovereignty extends beyond data residency. It requires legal, operational, and technical ownership through encryption, immutability, and verified backup and recovery. A compliance‑centric approach can transform data… Read more: Data Sovereignty in SaaS: Building Resilience and Compliance for Microsoft 365
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 G7e instances with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs (January 26, 2026)Hey! It’s my first post for 2026, and I’m writing to you while watching our driveway getting dug out. I hope wherever you are you are safe and warm and your data is still flowing! This week brings exciting news for customers running GPU-intensive workloads, with the launch of our newest graphics and AI inference… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Amazon EC2 G7e instances with NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs (January 26, 2026)
- Announcing Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUsToday, we’re announcing the general availability of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) G7e instances that deliver cost-effective performance for generative AI inference workloads and the highest performance for graphics workloads. G7e instances are accelerated by the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs and are well suited for a broad range of GPU-enabled… Read more: Announcing Amazon EC2 G7e instances accelerated by NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition GPUs
- AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro CLI latest features, AWS European Sovereign Cloud, EC2 X8i instances, and more (January 19, 2026)At the end of 2025 I was happy to take a long break to enjoy the incredible summers that the southern hemisphere provides. I’m back and writing my first post in 2026 which also happens to be my last post for the AWS News Blog (more on this later). The AWS community is starting the… Read more: AWS Weekly Roundup: Kiro CLI latest features, AWS European Sovereign Cloud, EC2 X8i instances, and more (January 19, 2026)
- Amazon EC2 X8i instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors are generally available for memory-intensive workloadsSince a preview launch at AWS re:Invent 2025, we’re announcing the general availability of new memory-optimized Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) X8i instances. These instances are powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors with a sustained all-core turbo frequency of 3.9 GHz, available only on AWS. These SAP certified instances deliver the highest performance… Read more: Amazon EC2 X8i instances powered by custom Intel Xeon 6 processors are generally available for memory-intensive workloads