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Mastering AWS Security

You're reading from   Mastering AWS Security Strengthen your cloud environment using AWS security features coupled with proven strategies

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805125440
Length 370 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Laurent Mathieu Laurent Mathieu
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Preface 1. Part 1: Foundations of AWS Security FREE CHAPTER
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to AWS Security Concepts and the Shared Responsibility Model 3. Chapter 2: Infrastructure Security – Keeping Your VPC secure 4. Chapter 3: Identity and Access Management – Securing Users, Roles, and Policies 5. Chapter 4: Data Protection – Encryption, Key Management, and Data Storage Best Practices 6. Chapter 5: Introduction to AWS Security Services 7. Part 2: Architecting and Deploying Secure AWS Environments
8. Chapter 6: Designing Secure Microservices Architectures in AWS 9. Chapter 7: Implementing Security for Serverless Deployments 10. Chapter 8: Secure Design Patterns for Multi-Tenancy in Shared Environments 11. Chapter 9: Automate Everything to Build Immutable and Ephemeral Resources 12. Part 3: Monitoring, Automation and Continuous Improvement
13. Chapter 10: Advanced Logging, Auditing, and Monitoring in AWS 14. Chapter 11: Security Compliance with AWS Config, AWS Security Hub, and Automated Remediation 15. Chapter 12: DevSecOps – Integrating Security into CI/CD Pipelines 16. Chapter 13: Keeping Up with Evolving AWS Security Best Practices and Threat Landscape 17. Chapter 14: Closing Note 18. Index 19. Other Books You May Enjoy

Automated remediation

In the dynamic nature of cloud environments, where configurations and deployments can change rapidly, maintaining and enforcing compliance is a critical challenge. Automated remediation becomes a key strategy in ensuring continuous compliance and security. This section explores the concept of automated remediation in-depth, examining how it can be effectively designed and implemented using various AWS tools.

Understanding automated remediation

At the heart of automated remediation is the principle of proactive security management. Instead of reacting to compliance issues after they occur, automated remediation aims to address these issues as they arise by automatically correcting non-compliant resources within an AWS environment. It involves identifying non-compliant resources, triggering appropriate remediation actions, and applying these actions to bring resources back into compliance. Automated remediation not only saves time and resources but also significantly...

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