The Cloud Thingy

Access Keys and MFA

Best-practice security options

Jul 4 • 

Mark Wilkins

June 2025

Identity Federation with SAML and Active Directory

Following our exploration of IAM Users, Groups, and Roles, let’s look at Identity Federation with SAML and Active Directory.

Jun 26 • 

Mark Wilkins

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IAM Permission Policy Logic

Your head will hurt....in a good way

Jun 9 • 

Mark Wilkins

IAM Users, Groups, and Roles

The cornerstone of AWS security is provided by a global service called AWS IAM, which stands for Identity and Access Management (IAM).

Jun 6 • 

Mark Wilkins

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April 2025

Regions and Availability Zones (Again)

Hint: They're mandatory buddies.

Apr 7 • 

Mark Wilkins

Regions and Availability Zones

Even better than tape backup

Apr 1 • 

Mark Wilkins

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January 2025

The Mindset of a Cloud Architect

So... what's the use case?

Jan 31 • 

Mark Wilkins

December 2024

Hands-On Experience

For the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam

Dec 22, 2024 • 

Mark Wilkins

Whitepapers To Read

I have to read the entire document? Really?

Dec 19, 2024 • 

Mark Wilkins

Creating a Study Plan

Study resources and details on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam.

Dec 15, 2024 • 

Mark Wilkins

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Creating a Study Plan

For the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam

Dec 14, 2024 • 

Mark Wilkins

Prepping for a certification exam

The process is always similar

Dec 9, 2024 • 

Mark Wilkins