7/11/2022, 12:00:00 AM ~ 7/12/2022, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)

Recent Announcements

Amazon Athena enhances console and API support for parameterized queries

Today, Amazon Athena announced enhancements to its console and API which provide more flexibility when using parameterized queries. You can now run parameterized queries directly from the Athena console and an enhanced API that no longer requires you to prepare SQL statements in advance. With today’s launch, it is now easier than before to take advantage of the reusability, simplification, and security benefits of parameterized queries.

Use Result Fragment Caching with EMR runtime for Apache Spark to boost query performance by up to 15x

The Amazon EMR runtime for Apache Spark is a performance optimized runtime environment for Apache Spark, available and turned on by default on Amazon EMR clusters 5.28 onward. Amazon EMR runtime for Spark is up to 3x faster with 100% API compatibility with open source Spark.

AWS Security Hub adds four new integration partners

AWS Security Hub has added four new integration partners to help customers with their cloud security posture monitoring. Integrations from Lacework, Juniper Networks, SentinelOne, and K9 Security bring Security Hub to 79 integrations. Lacework sends findings from their Polygraph Data Platform (PDP) to Security Hub to help manage AWS posture and compliance events. Juniper Networks’ vSRX Virtual Next Generation Firewall sends security events observed by the firewall to Security Hub. SentinelOne sends security findings, identified by SentinelOne endpoints running in your AWS environment, to Security Hub. K9 Security sends findings to Security Hub related to important access changes within your AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) configuration.

AWS re:Post introduces profile pictures and inline images

re:Post has launched a new functionality for community members to add a profile picture or avatar to their account. re:Post members will now be able to better personalize their accounts by uploading a photo or image of their choice. The ability to add a profile image creates a visual identifier for the account and helps members form connections, build relationships, and foster learning in the community.

AWS Firewall Manager now supports VPC security group tag distribution with common security group policies

AWS Firewall Manager now supports centrally distributing VPC security group tags when creating a common security group policy.

Introducing Nimble Studio seamless IAM access for studio components

Amazon Nimble Studio now supports seamless AWS Identity Access Management (IAM) profile access for studio components, and custom studio components, directly to workstation sessions, available immediately. This allows Nimble Studio admins to set up and control additional properties of their streaming workstations via seamless IAM role permissions, ensuring artists have the right level of access for the tasks they’re working on, without the need to switch profiles. Custom components use PowerShell scripts for Windows, and shell scripts for Linux instances. These configurations can then be added to Nimble Studio Launch Profiles for easy retrieval. With custom configurations, you can add resources to your workstations and run custom scripts on your instance, system, and user initialization with greater flexibility than before with seamless IAM role permissions.

Amazon CloudFront supports header names of up to 1024 characters in CloudFront policies

Amazon CloudFront now supports a maximum of 1024 characters across all header names in cache, origin request, and origin response policies. With 1024 characters, customers now have 512 extra characters to add header metadata to their policies.

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