Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Introduced in 2006, AWS is a cloud computing platform that provides a wide range of services to help organizations build and deploy their applications and infrastructure. AWS offers infrastructure and computing resources at scale and allows organizations to virtualize their entire IT infrastructure in the cloud, making AWS a critical tool for many organizations. Incident responders, in particular, need to have a solid understanding of AWS as it has become one of the most popular platforms for hosting critical systems and services.
AWS offers a vast array of services, each designed to meet the specific needs of organizations and developers. With over 200 services available, it can be overwhelming to navigate the platform, especially for those new to AWS. In this section, we will focus on the core services that are commonly used by organizations of all sizes. These include compute services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), storage services such...