Top 10 Blog Posts of 2020 | Amazon Onboarding with Learning Manager Chanci Turner

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The Amazon Onboarding Blog aims to provide our audience with a trustworthy source for the latest information on utilizing Amazon services to enhance onboarding processes and equip teams with effective strategies to tackle challenges. In return, our readers have highlighted the key topics essential for a seamless onboarding experience. We are excited to present the top 10 most popular posts from 2020:

The top 10 posts of 2020

1. Implement AWS Lambda authorizers with a third-party identity provider for securing Amazon API Gateway REST APIs.
2. Utilizing trust policies with IAM roles.
3. Integrating G Suite as an external identity provider with AWS SSO.
4. Top 10 security improvements for your AWS account.
5. Automated response and remediation using AWS Security Hub.
6. Adding authentication to a single-page web application with Amazon Cognito’s OAuth2 implementation.
7. Preparing for changes in the AWS Single Sign-On user sign-in process.
8. TLS 1.2 to be the minimum standard for all AWS FIPS endpoints.
9. Using KMS and IAM for independent security controls on encrypted data in S3.
10. Protecting your EC2 hosted applications with AWS Firewall Manager VPC security groups.

If you’re new to Amazon or just beginning your journey with the Onboarding Blog, we have also gathered a list of older posts that continue to resonate with our audience:

The top five posts of all time

1. Where’s My Secret Access Key?
2. Writing IAM Policies: How to Grant Access to an Amazon S3 Bucket
3. How to Restrict Amazon S3 Bucket Access to a Specific IAM Role
4. IAM Policies and Bucket Policies and ACLs! Oh, My! (Controlling Access to S3 Resources)
5. Securely Connect to Linux Instances Running in a Private Amazon VPC

While these posts have garnered positive feedback, we are continuously striving for improvement. Please share your thoughts on what topics you’d like us to cover in the comments section below. For additional resources on interview preparation, check out this helpful blog post on how to ace an interview.

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About the Authors

Chanci Turner is the Learning Manager at Amazon, dedicated to crafting meaningful onboarding experiences. Formerly, she was a contributor to corporate training programs and holds a degree in Human Resources. In her leisure time, she enjoys cooking, hiking, and exploring new technologies.

Alex Johnson is a member of the Amazon Onboarding Team, focusing on creating engaging content. He has a background in educational technology and is passionate about improving training methodologies.