So far, we have looked at a number of security techniques to help you secure your AWS environment and the data within it. However, many organizations will be connecting to the AWS cloud from their own on-premises environment from within their own data center. As a result, you need to understand the different methods of securing connectivity between your own corporate site and that of the AWS cloud, allowing you to effectively extend your corporate network in a secure manner.

This chapter will look at some of the connectivity options and the security behind them to ensure you can maintain and implement a secure connection from your corporate environment to your AWS environment. We will be looking at the configuration of security options, such as routing and security groups, and the permissions behind connectivity options, such as an...