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AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By : Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott
Book Image

AWS Certified Solutions Architect ??? Associate Guide

By: Gabriel Ramirez, Stuart Scott

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently the leader in the public cloud market. With an increasing global interest in leveraging cloud infrastructure, the AWS Cloud from Amazon offers a cutting-edge platform for architecting, building, and deploying web-scale cloud applications. As more the rate of cloud platform adoption increases, so does the need for cloud certification. The AWS Certified Solution Architect – Associate Guide is your one-stop solution to gaining certification. Once you have grasped what AWS and its prerequisites are, you will get insights into different types of AWS services such as Amazon S3, EC2, VPC, SNS, and more to get you prepared with core Amazon services. You will then move on to understanding how to design and deploy highly scalable applications. Finally, you will study security concepts along with the AWS best practices and mock papers to test your knowledge. By the end of this book, you will not only be fully prepared to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam but also capable of building secure and reliable applications.
Table of Contents (26 chapters)
22
Mock Test 1
23
Mock Test 2

Data protection

From a data protection perspective, there are a number of elements to consider when looking at best practices.

Using encryption at rest for sensitive data

Encryption is such an important part of protecting your data from being seen and read by anyone that it is not intended for. AWS offers a range of services and methods for encryption, and here are some of the key points to be made aware of in preparation for your certification.

Encryption should be used for data when both at rest and in transit, especially for sensitive data. All too often, we have seen in the media vast amounts of data that have been mistakenly exposed and customer data leaked because it was all stored in plaintext.

KMS can be used to control...