AWS re:Invent – Day 1 Insights by Ethan Simmons, Managing Partner, PTP The first full day of AWS re:invent is in the books and as you walk the show floor you can’t miss the number of booths sponsored by cloud security and networking companies. I spent some time...
IDENTIFY > PROTECT > DETECT > RESPOND > RECOVER. These are the five key functions of the NIST Cybersecurity Framework. At PTP, we leverage the Framework as a vehicle to discuss the layered approach to security with our growing Amazon Web Services (AWS)...
Phones are one of those services that you expect to work when you pick up the handset. Most employees don’t think much of the phone until it’s not working or something is not ‘right’ about it (have you ever spoken to a robot on the other end?). You don’t want to be on...
One of the numerous advantages we have within the PTP PeakPlus team is our ability to customize, automate, and expand security services that, in some cases, even the security vendor is unable to provide. Our customer needed a replacement for Cisco Cloud Web Security...
The recent announcement on the Capital One breach that affected over 100 million people (good detail from Krebs on Security here) is compelling for a number of reasons. One, it was related to data on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud, which cloud nay-sayers will use...
At PTP, we help our clients accelerate innovation by leveraging the efficiencies the cloud offers. Our experience as an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner has demonstrated that having a cloud governance strategy in place, at the very start of any cloud initiative, is...