AWS Lambda: Demystifying ‘the ultimate abstraction layer’

As I progress with my AWS cloud journey, Lambda remains an area of interest that I am still unable to concisely define better than the known phrase of ‘the ultimate abstraction layer’. Despite being able to explain what Lambda does; it is difficult to pinpoint what it actually is. So in this blog, I want … Continue reading AWS Lambda: Demystifying ‘the ultimate abstraction layer’

Rethinking Cyber Security in the post pandemic world – the threat of DDoS attacks

Photo by Markus Spiske on Pexels.com The increased need to work remotely over the past six months has forced organisations to become more engaged with security and to reconsider the assumption that all network activity has to go through a centralised on-premise security stack. With changing approaches in communication among employees as well as an … Continue reading Rethinking Cyber Security in the post pandemic world – the threat of DDoS attacks

Did I mention I passed the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam? Don’t worry, I won’t go on about it…

Chances are I’ve mentioned my certification quite a lot since passing in August, unashamedly, on my third attempt. Over the past few years I’ve sat exams on a range of subjects from machine learning to medieval sonnets and I can without hesitation say that the SAA was the most difficult exam I have taken. Not … Continue reading Did I mention I passed the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam? Don’t worry, I won’t go on about it…