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Episode 89: Amazon Kinesis

August 31, 2025 · 18 min

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In this episode, we introduce Amazon Kinesis, a suite of services that enables you to easily collect, process, and analyze real-time streaming data at massive scale. Kinesis is designed for workloads like real-time analytics, monitoring, and log processing, where you need to process data in real-time as it arrives. We’ll walk you through the key components of Kinesis, including Kinesis Data Streams for collecting streaming data, Kinesis Data Firehose for loading data into AWS storage services like S3 or Redshift, and Kinesis Data Analytics for processing and analyzing the data in real-time using SQL.

We’ll also cover use cases for Kinesis, such as real-time metrics collection, log analysis, and fraud detection. Additionally, we’ll explain how Kinesis integrates with other AWS services like Lambda and CloudWatch to automate data processing workflows. By the end of this episode, you’ll have a solid understanding of how to use Amazon Kinesis to process and analyze real-time streaming data, enabling you to make quicker, data-driven decisions for your applications. Produced by BareMetalCyber.com, your trusted resource for expert-driven cybersecurity education.

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