Best Practices for Security, Identity, & Compliance
Learn how to meet your security and compliance goals using AWS infrastructure and services. For an introduction to AWS security see the Security Pillar - AWS Well-Architected Framework.
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Identity & Access Management
- Workshops: Identity
- Video: Best Practices for Choosing Identity Solutions for Applications
- Technical Brief: AWS Organizations - Establishing Your Best Practice AWS Environment
- Training: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management
- Video: Getting Started With AWS Identity
Data Protection
- Whitepaper: AWS Key Management Service Cryptographic Details
- Whitepaper: Data Classification - Secure Cloud Adoption
- Compliance Guide: Using AWS in the Context of Common Privacy and Data Protection Considerations
- Workshops: Data Protection
Detection & Incident Response
- Blog: AWS Foundational Security Best Practices Standard Now Available in Security Hub
- Workshops: Detection & Response
- Video: Prepare for & Respond to Security Incidents in Your AWS Environment
- Technical Guide: AWS Security Incident Response Guide
- re:Invent: DIY Guide to Runbooks, Incident Reports, and Incident Response
Compliance
- Whitepaper: Architecting for HIPAA Security and Compliance
- Blog: How to Think About Cloud Security Governance
- Whitepaper: AWS Risk and Compliance
Infrastructure Protection
- Whitepaper: AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency
- Reference Implementation: AWS WAF Security Automations
- Technical Guide: Guidelines for Implementing AWS WAF
- Workshops: Infrastructure Security
Most Popular
- Whitepaper: Architecting for HIPAA Security and Compliance
- Whitepaper: Introduction to AWS Security
- Blog: How to Use AWS Secrets Manager to Securely Store and Rotate SSH Key Pairs
- Blog: How to Quickly Find and Update Your Access Keys, Password, and MFA Setting
- Reference Implementation: AWS WAF Security Automations
AWS re:Inforce 2019: The Fundamentals of AWS Cloud Security
AWS re:Invent 2019: Leadership session: AWS security
AWS re:Invent 2019: Using AWS KMS for data protection, access control, and audit
Security, Identity, & Compliance Blog Posts