As re:Invent continues, so to does the string of announcements promising to change the face of cloud computing. Many of the major announcements today came from Amazon itself — amongst other items, AWS announced two new containerized cloud offerings.

For cloud security managers, re:Invent is almost a Christmas morning of security announcements, new feature sets, and demonstrations designed to convey important lessons gleaned throughout the previous year. re:Invent 2017 is shaping up to be no exception, with a veritable bevy of content to discuss.

Day two of re:Invent has shaped up to be just as interesting as the first, with some very interesting announcements from some rather large hitters. Let’s take a look at today’s announcements in this, the second part of our ongoing re:Invent coverage.

Over the past several weeks, the security of AWS S3 buckets have come under increasing scrutiny. While the S3 service itself has not suffered any known breaches, customer misconfigurations have created some big headaches for some equally big companies.

The concept of “the cloud” is an amazingly powerful and novel solution for many providers and users. The idea of shifting from physical infrastructure to the digital space is an attractive one, especially when consideration is given to the impact of such a migration in terms of economy, ease of access, and ease of use. Due to this alluring nature, many organizations have rushed to adopt cloud-based solutions in recent years, and have garnered a large amount of success.