Longer Sessions Are All Right By Me

Last week in security news: AWS IAM Identity Center session duration limit increases from 7 to 90 days, Access accounts with AWS Management Console PrivatAccess, A dive through using Amazon Athena in Incident Response, and more!

Links:

• This is an esoteric Firefox/Yubikey compatibility bug that I went blindly stumbling into and has been resolved.
• Chris Farris has a post up about deploying AWS Backup. 
• In preparation for re:Invent, the MGM had a massive cybersecurity issue
• Amazon EC2 now supports Block Public Access for Amazon Machine Images
• AWS IAM Identity Center session duration limit increases from 7 to 90 days
• AWS Identity and Access Management provides action last accessed information for more than 140 services 
• Access accounts with AWS Management Console Private Access 
• A dive through using Amazon Athena in Incident Response. This is important! 
• Corey will be hosting an AMA on 9/27 @ noon PDT over on Twitch. Bring questions!