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With organizations moving their workloads, applications, and infrastructure to the cloud at an unprecedented pace, security of all these resources has been a paradigm shift for all those who are responsible for security; experts, novices, and apprentices alike.

Running your systems in the cloud doesn’t automatically make them secure. Learn the tools and new management approaches you need to create secure apps and infrastructure on AWS. In AWS Security you’ll learn how to: Securely grant access to AWS resources to coworkers and customers Develop policies for ensuring proper access controls Lock-down network controls using VPCs Record audit logs and use them to identify attacks Track and assess the security of an AWS account Counter common attacks and vulnerabilities Written by security engineer Dylan Shields, AWS Security provides comprehensive coverage on the key tools and concepts you can use to defend AWS-based systems. You’ll learn how to honestly assess your existing security protocols, protect against the most common attacks on cloud applications, and apply best practices to configuring identity and access management and virtual private clouds. About the technology AWS provides a suite of strong security services, but it’s up to you to configure them correctly for your applications and data. Cloud platforms require you to learn new techniques for identity management, authentication, monitoring, and other key security practices. This book gives you everything you’ll need to defend your AWS-based applications from the most common threats facing your business. About the book AWS Security is the guide to AWS security services you’ll want on hand when you’re facing any cloud security problem. Because it’s organized around the most important security tasks, you’ll quickly find best practices for data protection, auditing, incident response, and more. As you go, you’ll explore several insecure applications, deconstruct the exploits used to attack them, and learn how to react with confidence. What's inside Develop policies for proper access control Securely assign access to AWS resources Lock-down network controls using VPCs Record audit logs and use them to identify attacks Track and assess the security of an AWS account About the reader For software and security engineers building and securing AWS applications. About the author Dylan Shields is a software engineer working on Quantum Computing at Amazon. Dylan was one of the first engineers on the AWS Security Hub team. Table of Contents 1 Introduction to AWS security 2 Identity and access management 3 Managing accounts 4 Policies and procedures for secure access 5 Securing the network: The virtual private cloud 6 Network access protection beyond the VPC 7 Protecting data in the cloud 8 Logging and audit trails 9 Continuous monitoring 10 Incident response and remediation 11 Securing a real-world application

Secure your Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure with permission policies, key management, and network security, along with following cloud security best practices Key FeaturesExplore useful recipes for implementing robust cloud security solutions on AWSMonitor your AWS infrastructure and workloads using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, config, GuardDuty, and MaciePrepare for the AWS Certified Security-Specialty exam by exploring various security models and compliance offeringsBook Description As a security consultant, securing your infrastructure by implementing policies and following best practices is critical. This cookbook discusses practical solutions to the most common problems related to safeguarding infrastructure, covering services and features within AWS that can help you implement security models such as the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), and the AAA triad (authentication, authorization, and availability), along with non-repudiation. The book begins with IAM and S3 policies and later gets you up to speed with data security, application security, monitoring, and compliance. This includes everything from using firewalls and load balancers to secure endpoints, to leveraging Cognito for managing users and authentication. Over the course of this book, you'll learn to use AWS security services such as Config for monitoring, as well as maintain compliance with GuardDuty, Macie, and Inspector. Finally, the book covers cloud security best practices and demonstrates how you can integrate additional security services such as Glacier Vault Lock and Security Hub to further strengthen your infrastructure. By the end of this book, you'll be well versed in the techniques required for securing AWS deployments, along with having the knowledge to prepare for the AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification. What you will learnCreate and manage users, groups, roles, and policies across accountsUse AWS Managed Services for logging, monitoring, and auditingCheck compliance with AWS Managed Services that use machine learningProvide security and availability for EC2 instances and applicationsSecure data using symmetric and asymmetric encryptionManage user pools and identity pools with federated loginWho this book is for If you are an IT security professional, cloud security architect, or a cloud application developer working on security-related roles and are interested in using AWS infrastructure for secure application deployments, then this Amazon Web Services book is for you. You will also find this book useful if you’re looking to achieve AWS certification. Prior knowledge of AWS and cloud computing is required to get the most out of this book.

In depth informative guide to implement and use AWS security services effectively. About This Book Learn to secure your network, infrastructure, data and applications in AWS cloud Log, monitor and audit your AWS resources for continuous security and continuous compliance in AWS cloud Use AWS managed security services to automate security. Focus on increasing your business rather than being diverged onto security risks and issues with AWS security. Delve deep into various aspects such as the security model, compliance, access management and much more to build and maintain a secure environment. Who This Book Is For This book is for all IT professionals, system administrators and security analysts, solution architects and Chief Information Security Officers who are responsible for securing workloads in AWS for their organizations. It is helpful for all Solutions Architects who want to design and implement secure architecture on AWS by the following security by design principle. This book is helpful for personnel in Auditors and Project Management role to understand how they can audit AWS workloads and how they can manage security in AWS respectively. If you are learning AWS or championing AWS adoption in your organization, you should read this book to build security in all your workloads. You will benefit from knowing about security footprint of all major AWS services for multiple domains, use cases, and scenarios. What You Will Learn Learn about AWS Identity Management and Access control Gain knowledge to create and secure your private network in AWS Understand and secure your infrastructure in AWS Understand monitoring, logging and auditing in AWS Ensure Data Security in AWS Learn to secure your applications in AWS Explore AWS Security best practices In Detail 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. Style and approach The book will take a practical approach delving into different aspects of AWS security to help you become a master of it. It will focus on using native AWS security features and managed AWS services to help you achieve continuous security and continuous compliance.

Get prepared for the AWS Certified Security Specialty certification with this excellent resource By earning the AWS Certified Security Specialty certification, IT professionals can gain valuable recognition as cloud security experts. The AWS Certified Security Study Guide: Specialty (SCS-C01) Exam helps cloud security practitioners prepare for success on the certification exam. It’s also an excellent reference for professionals, covering security best practices and the implementation of security features for clients or employers. Architects and engineers with knowledge of cloud computing architectures will find significant value in this book, which offers guidance on primary security threats and defense principles. Amazon Web Services security controls and tools are explained through real-world scenarios. These examples demonstrate how professionals can design, build, and operate secure cloud environments that run modern applications. The study guide serves as a primary source for those who are ready to apply their skills and seek certification. It addresses how cybersecurity can be improved using the AWS cloud and its native security services. Readers will benefit from detailed coverage of AWS Certified Security Specialty Exam topics. Covers all AWS Certified Security Specialty exam topics Explains AWS cybersecurity techniques and incident response Covers logging and monitoring using the Amazon cloud Examines infrastructure security Describes access management and data protection With a single study resource, you can learn how to enhance security through the automation, troubleshooting, and development integration capabilities available with cloud computing. You will also discover services and tools to develop security plans that work in sync with cloud adoption.

Get to grips with the fundamentals of cloud security and prepare for the AWS Security Specialty exam with the help of this comprehensive certification guide Key FeaturesLearn the fundamentals of security with this fast-paced guideDevelop modern cloud security skills to build effective security solutionsAnswer practice questions and take mock tests to pass the exam with confidenceBook Description AWS Certified Security – Specialty is a certification exam to validate your expertise in advanced cloud security. With an ever-increasing demand for AWS security skills in the cloud market, this certification can help you advance in your career. This book helps you prepare for the exam and gain certification by guiding you through building complex security solutions. From understanding the AWS shared responsibility model and identity and access management to implementing access management best practices, you'll gradually build on your skills. The book will also delve into securing instances and the principles of securing VPC infrastructure. Covering security threats, vulnerabilities, and attacks such as the DDoS attack, you'll discover how to mitigate these at different layers. You'll then cover compliance and learn how to use AWS to audit and govern infrastructure, as well as to focus on monitoring your environment by implementing logging mechanisms and tracking data. Later, you'll explore how to implement data encryption as you get hands-on with securing a live environment. Finally, you'll discover security best practices that will assist you in making critical decisions relating to cost, security,and deployment complexity. By the end of this AWS security book, you'll have the skills to pass the exam and design secure AWS solutions. What you will learnUnderstand how to identify and mitigate security incidentsAssign appropriate Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources to underpin security requirementsWork with the AWS shared responsibility modelSecure your AWS public cloud in different layers of cloud computingDiscover how to implement authentication through federated and mobile accessMonitor and log tasks effectively using AWSWho this book is for If you are a system administrator or a security professional looking to get AWS security certification, this book is for you. Prior experience in securing cloud environments is necessary to get the most out of this AWS book.

With organizations moving their workloads, applications, and infrastructure to the cloud at an unprecedented pace, security of all these resources has been a paradigm shift for all those who are responsible for security; experts, novices, and apprentices alike.

Learn to build robust security controls for the infrastructure, data, and applications in the AWS Cloud. KEY FEATURES ● Takes a comprehensive layered security approach that covers major use-cases. ● Covers key AWS security features leveraging the CLI and Management Console. ● Step-by-step instructions for all topics with graphical illustrations. ● Relevant code samples written in JavaScript (for Node.js runtime). DESCRIPTION If you're looking for a comprehensive guide to Amazon Web Services (AWS) security, this book is for you. With the help of this book, cloud professionals and the security team will learn how to protect their cloud infrastructure components and applications from external and internal threats. The book uses a comprehensive layered security approach to look into the relevant AWS services in each layer and discusses how to use them. It begins with an overview of the cloud's shared responsibility model and how to effectively use the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) service to configure identities and access controls for various services and components. The subsequent chapter covers AWS infrastructure security, data security, and AWS application layer security. Finally, the concluding chapters introduce the various logging, monitoring, and auditing services available in AWS, and the book ends with a chapter on AWS security best practices. By the end, as readers, you will gain the knowledge and skills necessary to make informed decisions and put in place security controls to create AWS application ecosystems that are highly secure. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN ● Learn to create a layered security architecture and employ defense in depth. ● Master AWS IAM and protect APIs. ● Use AWS WAF, AWS Secrets Manager, and AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store. ● Learn to secure data in Amazon S3, EBS, DynamoDB, and RDS using AWS Key Management Service. ● Secure Amazon VPC, filter IPs, use Amazon Inspector, use ECR image scans, etc. ● Protect cloud infrastructure from DDoS attacks and use AWS Shield. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR The book is intended for cloud architects and security professionals interested in delving deeper into the AWS cloud's security ecosystem and determining the optimal way to leverage AWS security features. Working knowledge of AWS and its core services is necessary. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Security in AWS 2. Identity And Access Management 3. Infrastructure Security 4. Data Security 5. Application Security 6. Logging, Monitoring, And Auditing 7. Security Best Practices