AWS provides several resources to help you secure your workload on AWS. Let us look at these resources.
AWS Security resources
AWS documentation
This is one of the best resources available for developers, system administrators, and IT executives alike. It is free, comprehensive, and covers all AWS services including software development kits for various languages and all AWS toolkits. You can find the AWS documentation at https://aws.amazon.com/documentation.
AWS whitepapers
These technical white papers are constantly updated with new services, and features added for all services. It is free and covers a wide variety of topics for securing your network, data, security by design, architecture, and so on. These white papers are written by professionals inside and outside of AWS and they are available at https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers.
AWS case studies
AWS has case studies specific to industry, domain, technology, and solutions. They have more than a million active customers across the globe and there are scores of case studies to help you with your use case, irrespective of your industry, or size of your organization. These case studies are available at https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies.
AWS YouTube channel
AWS has numerous events such as AWS Summit, AWS Re:Invent, and so on throughout the year around the globe. There are sessions on security at these events where customer AWS and AWS partners share tips, success stories, ways to secure the network, data, and so on. These videos are uploaded to the AWS channel on YouTube. This is a treasure trove for learning about AWS services from the best in the business. There are multiple channels for various topics and multiple languages. You can subscribe to the AWS YouTube channels at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd6MoB9NC6uYN2grvUNT-Zg.
AWS blogs
AWS has blogs dedicated to various topics such as AWS Security, AWS big data, AWS DevOps, and so on. There are blogs for countries as well such as, AWS blog (China), AWS blog (Brazil), and so on. There are blogs for technologies such as AWS .NET, AWS PHP, and so on. You can subscribe to these blogs at https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws.
AWS Partner Network
When you require external help to complete your project on AWS, you can reach out to professionals on the AWS Partner Network. These are organizations authorized by AWS as consulting or technology partners. They can provide professional services to you for your AWS requirements such as security, compliance, and so on. You can find more information about them at https://aws.amazon.com/partners.
AWS Marketplace
AWS marketplace is an online store where 3500+ products are available that integrate seamlessly with your AWS resources and AWS services. Most of these offer a free trial version of their products and these products are available for security as well as other requirements. We'll have a detailed look at the AWS marketplace in the subsequent chapters. You can visit AWS Marketplace at https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace.
