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In the past, a common refrain from companies was that they were hesitant to move to the cloud because they believed the cloud was not secure. A big part of this pushback was that companies didn't understand the cloud or its capabilities. It is possible to have security vulnerabilities even if you use cloud infrastructure. However, as we will see in this chapter, AWS provides a comprehensive catalog of services enabling you to create highly secure sites and applications.
When creating applications and implementing workflows, it is imperative to consider security from the start of your design and not as an afterthought. First, you will understand why security is essential in any system – not just in the cloud. Next, you will learn how AWS, in general, and IAM, can help us design and build robust and secure cloud applications. Also, as you will see in this chapter, AWS provides a veritable cornucopia of other security...
