Amazon Relational Database Service has received a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) at the FedRAMP High Baseline within the AWS GovCloud (US) region for the Amazon RDS for MySQL, Oracle and PostgreSQL services.

Starting today, you can audit your Amazon Aurora database cluster with minimal impact to performance. Auditing allows you to log a customer-specified spectrum of events and publish these logs in a way that can be consumed either manually or using another application. This will help you with log analysis, auditing user actions, setting up alarms for security-related events, and more.

Amazon CloudWatch Logs has received a Provisional Authority to Operate (P-ATO) at the FedRAMP High Baseline within the AWS GovCloud (US) region. This enables government customers to utilize Amazon CloudWatch Logs to process the government’s most sensitive unclassified data. 

Thanks to YouGov for this one – the 19 countries which are most pro and anti globalisation:

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SiTime, the MEMS-based timing specialist owned by MegaChips of Japan, has two families of ultra-robust AEC-Q100-qualified MEMS oscillators in production. The SiT2024/25 and SiT8924/25 oscillators are designed for ASIL (Automotive Safety Integrity Level) compliant automotive applications such as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in-vehicle Ethernet, powertrain and electronic control units (ECUs). “The automotive industry is …

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The vast amount of data created by a smart city data risks being of limited use unless it is supported by context, according to European standards body ETSI, which is attempting to formalise contextual information. ETSI said: Data without context are meaningless. The context seems obvious to humans: the temperature sensor is attached to an …

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Seven start-ups, focusing on online security issues and threats, will join the new GCHQ Cyber Accelerator. The GCHQ Accelerator, officially launched today, will be part of a Government-funded cyber innovation centre that will help keep the UK secure online Each start-up will receive benefits including access to technological and security expertise, networks, office space and …

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V-Tac has launched a range of A++ led highbays, producing 12,000 lm from 100W or 18,000 from 150W. “The ‘UFO’ design SMD highbays are so efficient that, with typical use, they will pay for themselves and start saving money within a year,” claims the firm, which offers a five-year warranty. Beam angle is 120°. “Wider beam width …

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Gary Patton, GloFo CTO and senior VP of worldwide R&D, spoke about three disruptive trends at SEMI’s recent ISS meeting: globalisation, climate change, and Moore’s Law. Patton showed 2016’s global semiconductor merger and acquisition activity exceeding a staggering $130 billion and China’s rapidly growing IC production which is forecast to reach more than 20 percent …

Read full article: GloFo CTO Gary Patton picks IC opportunities

Sky-Futures’ Basic Drone Certification Course will enable persons and organizations in the UK to reach the basic standard required to operate drones under a CAA Permission for Commercial Operations (PfCO). For the past two years, Sky-Futures has trained Emergency Service and Enterprise clients in the safe use of drone technology in the UK. Sky-Futures holds …

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