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Mirantis has announced the release of version 1.2.0 of its open-source distributed container management platform k0rdent. They pitch k0rdent as a "super control plane" for helping platform engineers who manage Kubernetes infrastructure across multiple environments.
By Matt SaundersAWS IAM Identity Center now supports customer-managed KMS keys (CMKs) for encrypting identity data at rest. This enhancement offers organizations complete control over their encryption keys, ensuring granular access management, robust auditing via AWS CloudTrail, and improved compliance for regulated industries. It’s a key evolution for data sovereignty in the cloud.
By Steef-Jan WiggersAWS has introduced EC2 instance attestation, a new security feature that enables customers to verify that their virtual machines are running approved software configurations in a cryptographically secure manner. The capability is powered by the Nitro Trusted Platform Module (NitroTPM) and Attestable AMIs.
By Renato LosioFlipkart engineers recently published a detailed case study describing how they overcame severe scalability limits in monitoring by adopting a hierarchical federation design in Prometheus.
By Craig RisiHashiCorp has released version 7.0 of the Terraform provider for Google Cloud, introducing security-focused improvements such as ephemeral resources, write-only attributes, and stricter validation. The update enhances secret handling and reliability but introduces breaking changes requiring careful migration.
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