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How to create and retrieve secrets managed in AWS Secrets Manager using AWS CloudFormation templates

Updated November 15, 2018: We added information to make variables more clear in the sample template. AWS Secrets Manager now integrates with AWS CloudFormation so you can create and retrieve secrets securely using CloudFormation. This integration makes it easier to automate provisioning your AWS infrastructure. For example, without any code changes, you can generate unique […]

Using AWS Firewall Manager and WAF to protect your web applications with master rules and application-specific rules

Jeff Barr’s blog post introducing AWS Firewall Manager describes how you can centrally manage a set of web application firewall rules to protect all the applications in an AWS Organization. This blog post will take you through the specific steps to implement firewall rules using both AWS Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) and AWS Firewall […]