This is another issue of CloudQuery’s monthly newsletter featuring cloud security and data engineering tips, tools, tutorials, and a changelog of all the new updates rolled out this month in CloudQuery.

At CloudQuery, we try to optimize the performance of our syncs so that all of the data is processed as fast as possible. After last year's move from our custom in-house type system to Apache Arrow, we almost missed one massive opportunity to further optimize our data syncs…

Compare Fivetran vs. CloudQuery for ELT. See how CloudQuery offers cost savings, performance, and flexibility over Fivetran. Find the best ELT tool.

Find out how to export all non-root AWS IAM user accounts that have a user-created date longer than 90 days and at least one access key that has not been rotated within the last 90 days.

Whether you have built an AWS cloud asset inventory or have specific resources you have exported, you will likely want to know the vulnerability status of your assets in your AWS cloud. Using CloudQuery’s Wiz source plugin, you can have quick access to vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in your AWS accounts.

Managing assets in cloud environments like AWS is becoming increasingly complex. Find out how to build a cloud asset manager for AWS using CloudQuery. You’ll connect to your AWS account, collect data on all your cloud assets, and store it in a PostgreSQL database for analysis and reporting.

Are you experiencing challenges in managing your Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure? Do you need help keeping track of all your cloud assets, ensuring compliance, and maintaining security? If these issues sound familiar, then it's time to consider implementing a cloud asset inventory.

In this tutorial, you will build a cloud asset manager for Azure using CloudQuery. You’ll connect to your Azure account, collect data on all your cloud assets, and store it in a PostgreSQL database for analysis and reporting.

During Shopify's infrastructural exploration of a pipeline, they discovered a query that could have cost us nearly $1 million USD a month in BigQuery. In this post, they detail how we reduced this and share their tips for lowering costs in BigQuery.

The StatusPage source plugin allows you to perform advanced data filtering and grouping without relying on restrictive UI filters. It also makes it easier to access parts of data that would not be possible to reach through StatusPage UI.

The Tempo.io source plugin allows you to perform advanced data filtering and grouping without relying on restrictive UI filters.

The Orca Source Plugin enables you to leverage Orca's security findings in numerous exciting ways, enhancing your overall cloud security strategy.

Our recently released Microsoft Entra ID plugin enables you to gain insights from Microsoft Entra ID across your organization and correlate it with other data sources.

The BambooHR source plugin allows you to seamlessly ELT (Extract, Load, Transform) your data from BambooHR into any supported database destination. This integration enables you to perform advanced analytics and gain deeper insights into your HR data.

The new Tenable CloudQuery Source Plugin enhances cloud security by enabling comprehensive vulnerability management and asset visibility, empowering organizations to proactively identify and mitigate risks in their cloud environments.

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