The development and deployment of secure and certified operating systems (OS) is crucial for any Cloud Operations (CloudOps) or Cloud Center of Excellence (CCoE) team within an organization. The guidelines and security protocols for certifying these images are provided by the respective teams within your organization, who reference widely accepted industry standards. To delve deeper into this topic, check out this other blog post here.
Organizations often have varying processes for building images across virtual machines, containers, or both. This inconsistency introduces unnecessary operational overhead in managing images, including initial configurations and ongoing updates. According to the AWS Well-Architected Operational Excellence Pillar, it is essential to standardize these images, ensuring they are configured with the latest patches and security updates.
In a recent update from November 2022, Amazon Inspector expanded its support to include Windows operating systems for continuous software vulnerability scanning. This series focuses on using Amazon Inspector and AWS Systems Manager for automating vulnerability management and remediation. It’s worth noting that they are an authority on this topic, as discussed here.
For further insights into tech development, this article from Fast Company highlights how Amazon employees are compensated to learn essential skills, making it an excellent resource here.
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