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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

Summary

Security threats to web application and infrastructure have and always will be a concern for the organization who provide public-facing services. Unfortunately, you have to prepare for those who are determined to breach your security defenses and take advantage of any weaknesses that may exist within your infrastructure. AWS has a number of Security services that help you to control and manage these inevitable attacks, in this chapter we discussed AWS WAF, AWS Shield, AWS Firewall Manager, and some of the CloudFront security features. Although some of these services come at an additional cost, this cost is negligible when it comes to comparing it against the cost of compromised data and resources within your business. Not just a financial cost, but reputational cost which can unintentionally adversely affect your business going forward.

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