Amazon Kinesis Data Streams launches CloudFormation support for resource policies

This article discusses the launch of AWS CloudFormation support for managing resource policies for Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and consumers. CloudFormation allows programmatic deployment of these resource policies in a secure and repeatable manner, reducing errors from manual configuration.

Specifically, the article covers:

• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams allows capturing, processing, and storing real-time data streams at any scale
• CloudFormation uses stacks to manage AWS resources, enabling change tracking, automatic updates, and easy rollbacks
• CloudFormation support for Kinesis Data Streams resource policies is available in all AWS regions where the service is offered, including GovCloud and China regions
• Additional details on Kinesis Data Streams resource policies can be found in the developer guide