Aurora

An Interesting Artifact with AWS RDS Aurora Storage

As part of using public datasets with my own Benchmarking Suite I wanted upsize a dataset for larger volume testing. I have always used the INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES data_length and index_length columns as a sufficiently accurate measurement for actual disk space used.

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Your Attack Vector Extends Beyond Production Systems

A common data security issue is the unprotected copying of production data to non-production environments without any redaction, masking, or filtering. This practice poses a serious risk. A malicious actor will target the weakest link in your infrastructure, including non-production accounts and the developer systems accessing them.

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AWS CLI support for Aurora DSQL and S3 Tables

If you were following the AWS Re:invent keynote yesterday there were several data specific announcements including Aurora DSQL and S3 Tables . Wanting to check them out, I downloaded the latest AWS CLI 2.

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