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Mastering AWS Security

By : Albert Anthony
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Mastering AWS Security

By: Albert Anthony

Overview of this book

Mastering AWS Security starts with a deep dive into the fundamentals of the shared security responsibility model. This book tells you how you can enable continuous security, continuous auditing, and continuous compliance by automating your security in AWS with the tools, services, and features it provides. Moving on, you will learn about access control in AWS for all resources. You will also learn about the security of your network, servers, data and applications in the AWS cloud using native AWS security services. By the end of this book, you will understand the complete AWS Security landscape, covering all aspects of end - to -end software and hardware security along with logging, auditing, and compliance of your entire IT environment in the AWS cloud. Lastly, the book will wrap up with AWS best practices for security.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)

Auditing in AWS

AWS engages with third party auditors and external certifying agencies to ensure all the controls, processes, and systems are in place for continuous compliance with various programs, certifications, compliance, standards, reports, and third party attestations.

Responsibility for auditing all controls and layers above physical resources in AWS lies with the customer, as we learnt while going through AWS shared security responsibility model. AWS provides all certifications and reports for reviews to the auditors.

AWS provides a customer compliance center to enable its customers to achieve greater security and compliance in the cloud. This center provides multiple resources such as case studies and white papers to learn ways to achieve compliance from AWS customers in highly regulated industries. It has a comprehensive set of resources and documentation to get your...