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Management Options There is an incredibly impressive range of options for managing AWS. These tools fall into the following subcategories: Provisioning: CloudFormation is the primary management service in the provisioning category. It provides a common language for describing and provisioning all the infrastructure resources in a cloud environment. CloudFormation allows you to use a simple…

Automation Automation is one of the reasons many technical engineers love cloud technologies. With AWS, there is a huge emphasis on using API calls to configure the architecture. This permits automation of everything associated with AWS. Automation incorporates elements and benefits such as the following: Configuration templates Code deployment automation Self-healing infrastructures Reduction in the…

AWS Security Blog The AWS Security Blog is a dedicated platform that provides valuable insights, best practices, and updates on security within the AWS ecosystem. Its goal is to allow AWS customers to enhance their understanding of security measures and practices specific to AWS Cloud services. These are some of the topics covered: Security architecture…

Web Application Firewall (WAF) AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a managed security service that helps protect web applications from common web exploits and malicious traffic. When you use this service, you define customizable security rules to filter and block potentially harmful requests. By leveraging AWS WAF, organizations can fortify their web applications against various…

Some AWS Security Features I want to be perfectly clear: There are currently a ton of security services and tools in the AWS portfolio of products. In this section of the chapter, we will explore two that are fundamental to the operation of AWS: security groups and network access control lists (NACLs). We will also…

Other Access Management-Related AWS Services At this point in this text, I am sure you are not surprised to learn that there are plenty of services available in AWS to assist with identity and access management. Let’s look at just some of them here: AWS IAM Identity Center: This service was previously named AWS Single…

Review IAM permissions: You should not use a “set and forget” policy when it comes to your permissions in IAM. You should consistently review the permissions level assigned to ensure that you are following least privilege concepts and that you are still granting those permissions to the groups that require them. There is even a…

Best Practices with IAM While IAM in AWS provides many exciting capabilities, its complexity can cause organizations to make fatal mistakes when working with the service. This section highlights some best practices that can save you from making such mistakes. You should consider following most (if not all) of these recommendations: Use the root account…

Identity and Access Management When it comes to accessing your AWS account and working inside it, you need the Identity and Access Management (IAM) services of AWS. IAM allows you to grant access to other individuals for team management of the services. IAM permits extremely granular permissions. For example, you might grant someone read access…

AWS Security Compliance Programs How does Amazon measure its success when it comes to compliance with security best practices and regulations? Through the success of its many customers! Customers drive AWS efforts in these categories (to name just a few): Compliance reports Attestations Certifications Compliance programs and your adherence to them will help you implement…