--- title: "The Government Gets It" id: "13856" type: "podcast" slug: "the-government-gets-it" published_at: "2023-03-16T10:00:00+00:00" modified_at: "2026-05-17T00:04:26+00:00" url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-government-gets-it/" markdown_url: "https://www.lastweekinaws.com/podcast/last-week-in-aws-podcast/the-government-gets-it.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: U.S. Officials are frustrated with cloud providers, Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network, The Tool of the Week, and more! **Links:** - [U.S. officials express significant frustration that cloud providers often up-charge customers to add security protections](https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/10/white-house-cloud-overhaul-00086595) - Lightspin has a guide to [SecDataOps and Vulnerability Management on AWS](https://resources.lightspin.io/secdataops-guide) - [Best Practices For Securing Your Home Network](https://www.nsa.gov/Press-Room/News-Highlights/Article/Article/3304674/nsa-releases-best-practices-for-securing-your-home-network/) . - [IAM Identity Center for AWS environments spanning AWS GovCloud (US) and standard Regions](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/publicsector/iam-identity-center-aws-environments-spanning-govcloud-us-standard-regions/) - [Establishing a data perimeter on AWS: Allow only trusted resources from my organization](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/establishing-a-data-perimeter-on-aws-allow-only-trusted-resources-from-my-organization/) - [How to use policies to restrict where EC2 instance credentials can be used from](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/how-to-use-policies-to-restrict-where-ec2-instance-credentials-can-be-used-from/) - Tool of the Week: [Nosey Parker](https://github.com/praetorian-inc/noseyparker) 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/)