AWS Re:inforce goes Virtual - Cloud Security News

<p><strong>Cloud Security News this week - 25 Aug, 2021</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/aws-sets-mssp-beachhead-with-new-security-competency"><u>AWS is launching a new partner competency for managed security service providers (MSSPs) which will make their cloud software solutions and services available in the AWS Marketplace. AWS are coining this an industry first + designed to help partners differentiate themselves in a crowded security market</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.upguard.com/breaches/power-apps"><u>Default Permissions on Microsoft Power Apps, a cloud-hosted suite of services that allows organizations to create business intelligence applications has exposed 38 million records. This was discovered by an upguard analyst that &nbsp;Open data protocol &nbsp;API is enabled by default&nbsp;</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://reinforce.awsevents.com/"><u>AWS Cancelled re:Inforce Security Conference In Houston Due To COVID-19 and held, A scaled-down, free version of the event was held virtually on Aug. 24</u></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.crn.com/news/cloud/microsoft-protests-10b-nsa-cloud-contract-awarded-to-aws"><u>Microsoft has protested a &nbsp;$10B NSA Cloud Contract Awarded To AWS</u></a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.infoq.com/news/2021/08/gcp-private-service-connect/"><u>A google cloud news a bit closer to home, Google's newest cloud region, in Melbourne, Australia, which launched just a month ago on 25 July. went down for 1 hour and 30 minutes due to 'transient voltage' issues that rebooted network hardware.</u></a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Follow us on</strong> <a href="https://www.twitter.com/CloudSecPod"><strong>@CloudSecPod</strong></a></p> <p>You may also like <a href="https://www.cloudsecuritypodcast.tv/"><strong>Cloud Security Podcast</strong></a></p>