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Mastering AWS Security

You're reading from   Mastering AWS Security Create and maintain a secure cloud ecosystem

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788293723
Length 252 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Albert Anthony Albert Anthony
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Preface 1. Overview of Security in AWS 2. AWS Identity and Access Management FREE CHAPTER 3. AWS Virtual Private Cloud 4. Data Security in AWS 5. Securing Servers in AWS 6. Securing Applications in AWS 7. Monitoring in AWS 8. Logging and Auditing in AWS 9. AWS Security Best Practices

VPC

VPC is your own virtual, secured, scalable network in the AWS cloud that contains your AWS resources. Let us look at the VPC security best practices:

  • Create custom VPC: It is recommended to create your own VPC and not use the default VPC as it has default settings to allow unrestricted inbound and outbound traffic.
  • Monitor VPC activity: Create VPC flow logs to monitor flow of all IP traffic in your VPC from network resources to identify and restrict any unwanted activity.
  • Use Network Address Translation (NAT): Keep all your resources that do not need access to the internet in a private subnet. Use a NAT device, such as a NAT instance or NAT gateway to allow internet access to resources in a private subnet.
  • Control access: Use IAM to control access to the VPC and resources that are part of the VPC. You can create a fine grained access control using IAM for resources in your...
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