Cameron Worrell

Turning AI capability into business results

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How my view of AI adoption developed: from faster production to the redesign of business capabilities, accountability, and economics.

How the subject of this site changed, 2017 to 2026

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A short tour of the posts on this site in date order, and how the subject has changed.

AWS AgentCore Second Brain

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500

Open source agentic AI system for frictionless knowledge capture and intelligent organization using AWS serverless services

Building a Second Brain on AWS with Agentic AI

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0500

How I built a personal knowledge capture system that thinks with you, using AWS serverless services and agentic AI.

Project Bird Brain

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 09:01:36 -0500

Building an ML powered bird classification solution using a DeepLens, the Caltech CUB-200-2011 dataset and the ResNet 18 neural network architecture. The solution includes automatic image uploads to a Hugo Easy Gallery on S3. The project is still a bit in the scrappy MVP state but read on for the high level build flow. Check out the blog post, Bird Brain Gallery and GitHub repo.

Build an ML Powered Bird Classification Gallery on Hugo with DeepLens and S3

Thu, 25 Feb 2021 09:00:36 -0500

Complete guide to building an automated bird classification system using AWS DeepLens, machine learning, and Hugo static site generator with live image gallery.

Enhance CloudFront origin security with WAF and Secrets Manager

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 09:50:36 -0500

Using CloudFront custom headers, AWS WAF, and Secrets Manager to prevent viewers from bypassing the CDN and accessing origin content directly.

Get started with security response automation on AWS

Tue, 26 Nov 2019 09:50:36 -0500

Core patterns and implementation considerations for automated security response in AWS environments, with an example solution.

Protecting Workloads on AWS from the Instance to the Edge

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 09:50:36 -0500

Workshop using WAF, Inspector, and Systems Manager to build layered security controls, from web application protection to automated patching and assessment.

Use Amazon GuardDuty and AWS Web Application Firewall to automatically block suspicious hosts

Fri, 03 Aug 2018 09:50:36 -0500

Automatically updating WAF WebACLs and VPC NACLs in response to GuardDuty findings to block suspicious hosts.

Atlanta Airport Alexa Skill

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 09:50:36 -0500

Published Alexa skill providing real-time Atlanta airport status, parking availability, and security checkpoint wait times.

Use Amazon Alexa to Get Amazon GuardDuty Statistics and Findings

Tue, 03 Apr 2018 09:50:36 -0500

Deploying a custom Alexa skill to query GuardDuty findings and statistics across AWS accounts and regions using an Echo device.

Use Lambda@Edge and JSON Web Tokens to Enhance Web Application Security

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 09:50:36 -0500

Using Lambda@Edge and JSON Web Tokens with Amazon Cognito to authorize access to private CloudFront content.

Enhance the Security of Sensitive Customer Data by Using Amazon CloudFront Field-Level Encryption

Thu, 14 Dec 2017 09:50:36 -0500

How CloudFront field-level encryption adds a security layer to protect sensitive POST request data through the application stack.

AWS Security Odyssey Workshop

Sun, 15 Oct 2017 09:50:36 -0500

A security-focused workshop applying automated controls across EC2, S3, Lambda, and VPC, learning to use the cloud to protect the cloud.

Sophos Outbound Web Proxy on the AWS Cloud

Fri, 06 Oct 2017 09:50:36 -0500

AWS Quick Start deploying a Sophos UTM outbound web filtering proxy with multi-VPC support and CloudFormation automation.

Configure an LDAPS Endpoint for Simple AD

Tue, 29 Aug 2017 09:50:36 -0500

How to configure an LDAPS encrypted endpoint for Simple AD to extend it over untrusted networks using ELB and HAProxy on EC2.

Monitor Host-Based Intrusion Detection System Alerts on Amazon EC2 Instances

Fri, 17 Mar 2017 09:50:36 -0500

Learn how to use Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Elasticsearch to collect, aggregate, and visualize OSSEC HIDS alerts from EC2 instances for enhanced security monitoring.

About

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Who writes this site, what it is about, and how to read it.

Bookshelf

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Books that have shaped how I think about decisions, systems, technology leadership, and enterprise transformation.

How the ideas connect

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A map of the ideas, notes, and projects on this site. It rebuilds from the content, so it grows as I publish.

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