--- title: "Cheating on your CI Tests" id: "14208" type: "podcast" slug: "cheating-on-your-ci-tests" published_at: "2023-09-28T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:06+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/cheating-on-your-ci-tests/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/cheating-on-your-ci-tests.md" taxonomy_shows: - "Last Week In AWS Podcast" --- About the Author Corey is the Chief Cloud Economist at Duckbill, where he specializes in helping companies improve their AWS bills by making them smaller and less horrifying. He also hosts the "Screaming in the Cloud" and "AWS Morning Brief" podcasts; and curates "Last Week in AWS," a weekly newsletter summarizing the latest in AWS news, blogs, and tools, sprinkled with snark and thoughtful analysis in roughly equal measure. [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/aws-morning-brief/id1466344305) [https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief](https://overcast.fm/itunes1466344305/aws-morning-brief) [https://pca.st/AKs0](https://pca.st/AKs0) [https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583](https://podcastaddict.com/podcast/2382583) [https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU](https://open.spotify.com/show/3A04JNrNAcZMvn8cvDWpWU) [https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief](https://feeds.transistor.fm/aws-morning-brief) ## Episode Summary ## Episode Show Notes & Transcript Last week in security news: Accelerating development with AWS CDK plugin – CfnGuardValidator, This week's S3 Bucket Negligence Award is brought to you by PwC Nigeria, The volkswagen open source tool, and more! **Links:** - Last week I talked about [AWS Management Console Access](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/access-accounts-with-aws-management-console-private-access/) incorrectly. My thanks to Timothy Ingalls on the [Last Week in AWS community Slack](https://slack.lastweekinaws.com/) for flagging this for me. Gold star for you! - This week's [S3 Bucket Negligence Award](https://cybernews.com/security/pwc-nigeria-tech-bootcamp-ids-exposed/) is brought to you by PwC Nigeria. - FusionAuth has a great dive into their annual [SOC 2 vendor selection process](https://fusionauth.io/blog/soc2-matrix) . - My beloved Retool has a post talking about how an MFA failure mode [led to a small number of customers being exposed](https://retool.com/blog/mfa-isnt-mfa/) . - [Accelerating development with AWS CDK plugin – CfnGuardValidator](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/accelerating-development-with-aws-cdk-plugin-cfnguardvalidator/) - [How to implement cryptographic modules to secure private keys used with IAM Roles Anywhere](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-implement-cryptographic-modules-to-secure-private-keys-used-with-iam-roles-anywhere/) - Tool of the week: The [volkswagen](https://github.com/auchenberg/volkswagen) open source tool detects when your tests are being run in a CI server, and makes them pass. View Full Transcript Hide Full Transcript ## You might also like [More Podcast Episodes](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/) ### [M3 Ultra Macs, Claude Platform, and 619 New APIs Walk Into a Bar](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.18.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/m3-ultra-macs-claude-platform-and-619-new-apis-walk-into-a-bar/) ### [AI-Native Foundations and the CVEs That Love Them](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.11.2026 7 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/ai-native-foundations-and-the-cves-that-love-them/) ### [Bedrock Bags OpenAI, Q Developer Bags Groceries](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/) Last Week In AWS Podcast 05.04.2026 9 Minutes [Listen Now](https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/bedrock-bags-openai-q-developer-bags-groceries/)