Stephen Schmidt says the key is for developers
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:38 am
With such a rapid pace of product releases, it is natural to ask how AWS manages to keep cloud user security at the forefront of its mind and at every stage of development for all the products it brings to market?
AWS Chief Information Security Officer to see the product creation process backwards, and the first thing they start with is a one-page press release that briefly and clearly outlines what the hypothetical service will do.
And this has nothing to do with outlining the marketing characteristics of the service or technology being designed. The point of this approach is to focus the thoughts of the development team on the work ahead. “The point is that if you, as a service owner, cannot formulate on one page and in a generally understandable language the idea of what you are norway whatsapp data to do, then you yourself do not have a clear idea of what you want to work on,” says Schmidt.
We would like to add that this one-page document should be created in tandem with an accompanying list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the topic of the future product's security, which should prevent any potential user questions about the security of their data and accounts. This requirement is intended to ensure that user security issues are included in the design of the product being created from the very first steps.
Understanding the project
Paul Misener, vice president of innovation at AWS parent Amazon, believes that writing a press release for a product that doesn’t yet exist helps developers feel accountable for the end result and the product’s eventual market launch. He describes the approach as a time-inverted roadmap. It helps developers understand what they need to deliver to users and think about the process of further work based on that goal. At the same time, the document should be written in understandable language for users, without technical or corporate jargon, and should tell users something that is close to their hearts.
AWS Chief Information Security Officer to see the product creation process backwards, and the first thing they start with is a one-page press release that briefly and clearly outlines what the hypothetical service will do.
And this has nothing to do with outlining the marketing characteristics of the service or technology being designed. The point of this approach is to focus the thoughts of the development team on the work ahead. “The point is that if you, as a service owner, cannot formulate on one page and in a generally understandable language the idea of what you are norway whatsapp data to do, then you yourself do not have a clear idea of what you want to work on,” says Schmidt.
We would like to add that this one-page document should be created in tandem with an accompanying list of frequently asked questions (FAQ) on the topic of the future product's security, which should prevent any potential user questions about the security of their data and accounts. This requirement is intended to ensure that user security issues are included in the design of the product being created from the very first steps.
Understanding the project
Paul Misener, vice president of innovation at AWS parent Amazon, believes that writing a press release for a product that doesn’t yet exist helps developers feel accountable for the end result and the product’s eventual market launch. He describes the approach as a time-inverted roadmap. It helps developers understand what they need to deliver to users and think about the process of further work based on that goal. At the same time, the document should be written in understandable language for users, without technical or corporate jargon, and should tell users something that is close to their hearts.