So far, we have looked at many different types of security features and services, and the essential and secure controls and management they can bring to your solutions. However, when running your solutions at scale, you will want to ensure that you implement as much automation as possible when it comes to quickly identifying, recording, and remediating security threats as and when they occur. Automation provides an accurate and immediate response to an event that has taken place within your infrastructure, far quicker than a manual process involving a human could ever respond. Automated responses work on real-time data and are far more reliable than a manual process. As a result of this accuracy, reliability, and speed, using automation in a security context is always recommended.
This chapter will look at Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon...