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14 Things to Consider When Hiring AWS Security Experts

As more Australian businesses move toward the cloud, securing digital assets is more necessary than ever. According to Australian Cyber Security Magazine, 59% of Australian organisations already use cloud services—many on AWS. As adoption grows, so too does the risk of misconfiguration, data breaches, and compliance failures. Having AWS security experts on hand means your […]

The Top 10 AWS Security Risks Lurking in Your Environment

As Australian organisations embrace the cloud, adoption has accelerated with a growing reliance on Amazon Web Services (AWS) to host critical workloads and data. According to the ABS, 59% of Australian businesses reported using cloud technology as of January 2024, with much of this data being stored by cloud giants such as AWS and Microsoft […]

AWS Sydney Summit: A Whirlwind of Innovation and Connection

The AWS Sydney Summit always delivers, and this year was no exception! What was once the third-largest AWS event globally, boasting 90 deep-dive sessions and 120 workshops, continues to be a highlight on the tech calendar. Last year marked a strong return to in-person events after the virtual years, and this year’s two-day summit felt […]

AWS Threat Detection: Protecting Your Business From Expensive Breaches

Cloud adoption has transformed how Australian businesses operate, empowering teams with flexibility, scalability, and real-time data access. But with this comes increased complexity in how cyber risks surface and evolve. As threat actors become more sophisticated, the conversation has moved beyond infrastructure alone, and it’s now about how effectively organisations detect and respond to cybersecurity [...]

AWS Security Incident Response: From Threat Detection to Quick Resolution

Cyber threats in Australia seem to evolve every day, with a 39% increase in isolated compromises in FY2023-24 compared to the previous year, according to ACSC’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023-2024. While extensive compromises decreased slightly, low-level malicious attacks rose by 10%. Alarmingly, 30% of significant cyber incidents stemmed from exploiting public-facing applications, underscoring the […]

What are the Three Pillars of AWS Security Incident Response?

According to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC), malicious or criminal attacks were responsible for 67% of all data breaches reported by Australian businesses in the first half of 2024. The financial impact of these breaches is equally concerning. IBM’s 2024 Cost of a Data Breach Report found that the global average data […]

Cloud Engineer? Show us your skills, and we’ll show you how to use them in Cloud Security!

RedBear IT is a Cloud Security Services company. We enable our customers to migrate to and innovate on Cloud. We are a growing Melbourne based company with large and small customers, both start-ups and established, commercial and government. RedBear IT is known for building high quality solutions for our customers. We also provide a managed […]

AWS Security Incident Response – why you should care!

This week at AWS re:Invent, AWS released the Security Incident Response service. It’s an awesome service and are we are super excited to be a launch partner for the associated AWS Security Incident Response Specialization. Let’s step through what the service is and what is means for customers. We are one of only 13 launch […]

RedBear IT achieves the AWS Security Incident Response Specialization

4th December 2024 – RedBear IT, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Advanced partner specializing in cybersecurity services, announced today that it has achieved the AWS Security Incident Response Specialization. This Specialization recognizes that RedBear IT is validated for providing a streamlined incident response solution, backed by AWS security response experts through the Security Incident Response […]

AWS pre:Invent 2024 security announcements

AWS pre:Invent 2024? That's right, re:Invent is just around the corner. However, AWS have already softened us up with plenty of goodness in some pre-conference announcements. Here's our pick of the security related announcements. Resource control policies What is it? Resource Control Policies (RCPs)  are a new type of authorization policy aimed at providing fine-grained [...]