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AWS Account Best Practices: Security Foundations Every Team Needs
Master AWS account security: root user protection, IAM best practices, logging, cost management, and single vs. multi-account decision framework.
Goodbye 3G (A UK Perspective)
It’s the early 2000s. Voice calls and text messages (SMS) make up the major reason a phone contract is chosen, with mobile phones being mainly that – a mobile version of a phone. But coming around the corner is a potential game changer in the 3rd generation of mobile networks, 3G. Phone Networks Mobile phone networks […]
TCP/IP Model
In this blog post the TCP/IP Model is looked at to give an overview of how it operates and how data moves through it. Examples are given of each layer of the TCP/IP Model. TCP/IP Model The TCP/IP model is made up of layers: Application Transport Internet Link Data is encoded and decoded at Application […]
Networking Protocols
Communication requires protocols (rules) so that those involved in the communication understand how to interact. In the world of technology this could be communication between two or more computers which means for example they may need to understand: Protocols for use over the Internet are generally published as RFCs (Request for Comments) by standards setting […]
Why AWS Delegated Administrators Are Essential for AWS Multi-Account Architectures
Learn why delegated administrators are essential for AWS multi-account architectures and how they protect your management account from security risks.
Marvel Cosmic Invasion (Review)
Loosely based on the Marvel’s Annihilation comic book event from the mid 00’s, Marvel Cosmic Invasion brings the epic annihilation wave to video gaming in 2025. The game is a side scrolling beat’ em up that feels reminiscent of Konami’s X-Men or Data East’s Captain America and The Avengers. Annihilation (Comic Books) Taking place during […]
Base64 – Decoding and Padding Problems (Python)
On my exploration of JSON Web Tokens (JWT) I’m having some fun creating a basic Flask (Python) webapp that uses JWTs thanks to the ‘Flask JWT Extended‘. I’ve created a page that shows the encoded JWT Header, Payload and Signature, and then shows the decoded JWT Header and Payload. It was all working great until […]
JSON Web Token / JST (Security)
When creating a web application there are different ways to handle authentication (e.g. signing in). My previous web applications used username / password but is it the best way to handle it? The Drawbacks of Username / Password Combo Using a username and password combination helps authenticate users (e.g. someone needs both the username and […]
AWS Organizations Best Practices: The Critical Configurations Most Teams Miss
Enable 8 policy types, 15+ service integrations, and delegated administrators to transform your AWS Organizations setup into production-ready governance that prevents security incidents and compliance failures.