Implementing security for improved resilience

The AWS Well-Architected Security Pillar outlines critical best practices for building secure cloud architectures that are equally vital for building resilient systems. While foundational security protects against external threats, by holistically incorporating these security design principles, you also enhance the reliability, fault tolerance, and availability of your systems. To reduce risk from within, apply least privilege access, encrypt data both in transit and at rest, enable traceability through logs, and implement rigorous identity and access controls. Additionally, limit the blast radius to further curtail potential threats. Detecting events and responding rapidly becomes easier when you have baseline-secured architectures in place. Just like with resilience, achieving effective security necessitates culture change, cross-team collaboration, and centralized governance across your organization. With modern automated security tools...