MSP

Cross-Account Centralised Logging in AWS Using S3, KMS, and SQS for SIEM Integration

Introduction In a multi-account AWS environment, log management for services such as Cloud Trail, VPC Flow Logs, and WAF is a complex and fragmented process. This is due to the fact that each account has its own log data, which is not easy for security and operations teams to manage centrally. This issue, however, can be addressed...

by Umang Dakh
Tag: awsarchitecture
26-Mar-2026

DevOps

How Rack Awareness in Amazon MSK Saved $36K/Year for a Leading AdTech Company

Introduction Building and deploying applications that use Apache Kafka for real-time data processing is made simple with Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka), a fully managed service by AWS. Rack awareness is one overlooked configuration change that can greatly increase fault tolerance and cost effectiveness, even though MSK...

by Karandeep Singh
Tag: awsarchitecture
04-Jun-2025