Best Practices for Security, Identity, & Compliance

Security Best Practices in IAM

We explain best practices for AWS Identity and Access Management you can use to help secure your AWS resources.

IAM Policy Power Hour

We explore common use cases covering IAM policy types, and show you how to set, verify, and refine access.

Connecting Workforce Identity for Gen AI and Analytics

Learn how AWS and NVIDIA revolutionized workforce access to generative AI applications and analytics tools.

Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

We introduce IAM including how IAM can be used for authentication and authorization to AWS services.

Identity Workshops

Find hands-on identity workshops taught by AWS experts that teach you practical skills, techniques, and concepts.
Digital Sovereignty at AWS

We introduce our commitment to offering the most advanced set of sovereignty controls and features available in the cloud.

Choosing an AWS Cryptography Service

Learn about our different cryptographic tools and services and how to decide which you should use for your projects.

Introduction to the Cryptographic Details of AWS KMS

We provide a detailed description of the cryptographic operations of AWS KMS to help you evaluate the service.

Establishing a Data Perimeter on AWS

We show you how to establish your data perimeter at scale, including key security and implementation considerations.

Data Privacy Center

We explain how we meet our customers’ privacy needs by being transparent in our privacy commitments.
AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency

We provide you with prescriptive DDoS guidance to improve the resiliency of applications running on AWS.

Security Automations for AWS WAF

We show you how to get started and set up monitoring for the Security Automations for AWS WAF solution.

AWS Security Best Practices: Network Infrastructure

Learn how to understand and implement AWS security best practices with a deep dive into securing network infrastructure.

Automated Patching for Mutable Instances in the Hybrid Cloud

We describe an automated patching solution for mutable and on-premises instances that uses AWS Systems Manager.

AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA)

We explain the AWS SRA, a holistic set of guidelines for deploying AWS security services in a multi-account environment.
AWS Privacy Reference Architecture (AWS PRA)

We explain the AWS PRA, a set of design and configuration guidelines for privacy-supporting controls in AWS.

The Total Economic Impact™ of AWS Cloud Operations

Learn how you can optimize IT to improve management, security, and operations with AWS Cloud Operations.

Risk and Compliance

We outline the mechanisms that AWS has implemented to manage risk and the tools that you can leverage.

Navigating GDPR Compliance on AWS

Learn how to analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of potential security issues.

How to Maintain and Automate Compliance on AWS

Learn how AWS services can help simplify and automate compliance with various regulations and standards.
AWS Foundational Security Best Practices Standard

We introduce a set of controls that detect when your AWS accounts and resources deviate from security best practices.

Threat Detection & Response Workshop

Get familiar with AWS threat detection and response services, best practices, key use cases, and deep-dive scenarios.

Automated Security Response on AWS

Deploy an add-on that works with AWS Security Hub and provides predefined response and remediation actions.

Security Insights on AWS

Deploy an automated dashboard based on data stored in Amazon Security Lake, a data lake that aggregates security data.

Innovations in AWS Detection and Response

Gain a deeper understanding of how you can seamlessly integrate AWS detection and response services.
Methodology for Incident Response on Generative AI Workloads

Learn a methodology that you can use to investigate security incidents involving generative AI-based applications.

AWS Security Incident Response Guide

We present an overview of the fundamentals of responding to security incidents within your AWS Cloud environment.

AWS Security Incident Response Overview

Learn through interactive use cases that guide you through investigating common types of security incidents.

Basics of Amazon Detective

Learn how to analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of potential security issues.

AWS Incident Response Playbooks Workshop

Learn how to develop incident response playbooks for AWS, including detection & analysis, containment, and more.

Cybersecurity Awareness Training

Help employees in your organization learn how to identify cybersecurity risks, including phishing, social engineering, and data privacy with this free, 15-minute training from Amazon. The training is offered in 11 languages, is compliant with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 AA, and includes completion certificates for compliance tracking. Deploy immediately from our website or implement our pre-packaged files in your organization’s LMS.

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Defining Amazon S3 bucket and path names for data lake layers

Create a consistent naming standard for Amazon S3 buckets and paths in data lakes hosted on the AWS Cloud.
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Use mutual TLS in Amazon ECS with ALB

Simplify your application authentication and offload security burdens with mutual TLS on Amazon ECS using Application Load Balancer.
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Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS

Deploy the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution to quickly deploy a secure, resilient, scalable, and fully automated cloud foundation.

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Modernize the CardDemo mainframe application using Amazon Q

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AWS KMS best practices

Learn best practices for using AWS Key Management Service, including strategies for key management, data protection, access control, monitoring, and cost optimization.
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Automate AWS infrastructure operations

Use Amazon Bedrock to help automate your AWS infrastructure operations such as Amazon EC2 instance management, Amazon S3 lifecycle policies, and Amazon RDS backup automation.
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WordFinder app: Harnessing generative AI on AWS for aphasia communication

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Integrate multiple identity providers with AWS IAM Identity Center using Okta

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Best Practices for Security, Identity, & Compliance

Security Best Practices in IAM

We explain best practices for AWS Identity and Access Management you can use to help secure your AWS resources.

IAM Policy Power Hour

We explore common use cases covering IAM policy types, and show you how to set, verify, and refine access.

Connecting Workforce Identity for Gen AI and Analytics

Learn how AWS and NVIDIA revolutionized workforce access to generative AI applications and analytics tools.

Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management

We introduce IAM including how IAM can be used for authentication and authorization to AWS services.

Identity Workshops

Find hands-on identity workshops taught by AWS experts that teach you practical skills, techniques, and concepts.

Digital Sovereignty at AWS

We introduce our commitment to offering the most advanced set of sovereignty controls and features available in the cloud.

Choosing an AWS Cryptography Service

Learn about our different cryptographic tools and services and how to decide which you should use for your projects.

Introduction to the Cryptographic Details of AWS KMS

We provide a detailed description of the cryptographic operations of AWS KMS to help you evaluate the service.

Establishing a Data Perimeter on AWS

We show you how to establish your data perimeter at scale, including key security and implementation considerations.

Data Privacy Center

We explain how we meet our customers’ privacy needs by being transparent in our privacy commitments.

AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency

We provide you with prescriptive DDoS guidance to improve the resiliency of applications running on AWS.

Security Automations for AWS WAF

We show you how to get started and set up monitoring for the Security Automations for AWS WAF solution.

AWS Security Best Practices: Network Infrastructure

Learn how to understand and implement AWS security best practices with a deep dive into securing network infrastructure.

Automated Patching for Mutable Instances in the Hybrid Cloud

We describe an automated patching solution for mutable and on-premises instances that uses AWS Systems Manager.

AWS Security Reference Architecture (AWS SRA)

We explain the AWS SRA, a holistic set of guidelines for deploying AWS security services in a multi-account environment.

AWS Privacy Reference Architecture (AWS PRA)

We explain the AWS PRA, a set of design and configuration guidelines for privacy-supporting controls in AWS.

The Total Economic Impact™ of AWS Cloud Operations

Learn how you can optimize IT to improve management, security, and operations with AWS Cloud Operations.

Risk and Compliance

We outline the mechanisms that AWS has implemented to manage risk and the tools that you can leverage.

Navigating GDPR Compliance on AWS

Learn how to analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of potential security issues.

How to Maintain and Automate Compliance on AWS

Learn how AWS services can help simplify and automate compliance with various regulations and standards.

AWS Foundational Security Best Practices Standard

We introduce a set of controls that detect when your AWS accounts and resources deviate from security best practices.

Threat Detection & Response Workshop

Get familiar with AWS threat detection and response services, best practices, key use cases, and deep-dive scenarios.

Automated Security Response on AWS

Deploy an add-on that works with AWS Security Hub and provides predefined response and remediation actions.

Security Insights on AWS

Deploy an automated dashboard based on data stored in Amazon Security Lake, a data lake that aggregates security data.

Innovations in AWS Detection and Response

Gain a deeper understanding of how you can seamlessly integrate AWS detection and response services.

Methodology for Incident Response on Generative AI Workloads

Learn a methodology that you can use to investigate security incidents involving generative AI-based applications.

AWS Security Incident Response Guide

We present an overview of the fundamentals of responding to security incidents within your AWS Cloud environment.

AWS Security Incident Response Overview

Learn through interactive use cases that guide you through investigating common types of security incidents.

Basics of Amazon Detective

Learn how to analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of potential security issues.

AWS Incident Response Playbooks Workshop

Learn how to develop incident response playbooks for AWS, including detection & analysis, containment, and more.

Cybersecurity Awareness Training

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Defining Amazon S3 bucket and path names for data lake layers

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Use mutual TLS in Amazon ECS with ALB

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Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS

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Modernize the CardDemo mainframe application using Amazon Q

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AWS KMS best practices

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Automate AWS infrastructure operations

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