Exploring the AWS Shared Responsibility Model

Resilience, the ability of a system to withstand and recover from disruptions, is a fundamental pillar of any successful cloud infrastructure. In the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ecosystem, achieving this resilience is not a solitary endeavor but a collaborative partnership. The AWS shared responsibility model encapsulates this partnership, delineating the distinct yet interconnected roles of both AWS and the end user (customer) in fortifying infrastructure against a spectrum of potential threats.

In this chapter, you will get an introduction to what shared responsibilities between AWS and customers look like and the different roles these parties play in designing and operating a resilient infrastructure.

We’ll cover the following topics:

• The essence of collaboration
• The synergy of shared resilience
• Adapting shared responsibilities for specific services
• Shared responsibility and cost
• The importance of continuous...