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Guidance for Threat & Vulnerability Management on AWS

Overview

This Guidance helps you identify vulnerabilities that can affect the availability, performance, or security of your cloud environment. Using this capability, you can assess the impact and scope of threats and vulnerabilities and then quickly address or remediate them. By implementing threat and vulnerability management, you can protect your data and fortify your security posture as your cloud environment grows.

How it works

These technical details feature an architecture diagram to illustrate how to effectively use this solution. The architecture diagram shows the key components and their interactions, providing an overview of the architecture's structure and functionality step-by-step.

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Additional considerations

Threat and vulnerability management is a critical function of your foundational cloud environment. With the ever-evolving threat landscape and the shared responsibility model in cloud computing—where customers share security responsibilities with cloud providers—proactive threat and vulnerability management has become fundamental to identifying and addressing emerging risks and maintaining the integrity of cloud-based operations.

To protect sensitive information from unauthorized access and theft, you must be able to detect and resolve threats and vulnerabilities. Compliance requirements—such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)—necessitate rigorous data protection measures, making threat and vulnerability management crucial for regulatory adherence and avoidance of legal penalties. Additionally, security breaches can incur substantial costs, including fines, legal fees, and damage to your organization’s reputation. By detecting security breaches in a timely manner, you can mitigate these risks and maintain business continuity.

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