AWS offers several cloud security services designed to help secure your cloud infrastructure and data. Here's a closer look at the key AWS cloud security services:
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Purpose: Controls who can access your AWS resources and what actions they can perform.
Features: User management, roles, policies, multi-factor authentication (MFA), and access monitoring.
Amazon GuardDuty
Purpose: Threat detection service that monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior.
Features: Detects anomalies, integrates with AWS Security Hub, and provides detailed findings for investigation.
AWS Shield
Purpose: Protects against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.
Features:
AWS Shield Standard: Automatically included at no extra cost, provides protection against most common attacks.
AWS Shield Advanced: Offers enhanced DDoS protection for your applications, detailed attack diagnostics, and cost protection against DDoS-related spikes.
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Purpose: Protects web applications from common web exploits.
Features: Customizable rules to filter web traffic, protection against SQL injection and cross-site scripting, and real-time visibility into web traffic.
Amazon Macie
Purpose: Protects sensitive data by discovering and classifying it.
Features: Uses machine learning to identify sensitive data, such as personally identifiable information (PII), and provides dashboards and alerts for data visibility.
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
Purpose: Manages cryptographic keys for your applications.
Features: Key creation, rotation, and usage policies, integrates with other AWS services for encryption, and supports hardware security modules (HSMs).
AWS CloudTrail
Purpose: Provides visibility into user activity by recording AWS API calls.
Features: Logs, continuously monitors, and retains account activity related to actions across your AWS infrastructure, aiding in compliance and auditing.
AWS Config
Purpose: Tracks changes to your AWS resources and evaluates their configurations.
Features: Provides detailed resource configuration histories, compliance auditing, and security analysis.
Amazon Inspector
Purpose: Automates security assessment of applications.
Features: Identifies vulnerabilities and deviations from best practices, generates detailed reports, and integrates with AWS services for remediation.
AWS Security Hub
Purpose: Centralized security dashboard that aggregates and prioritizes security findings.
Features: Integrates with AWS services and third-party tools, provides automated compliance checks, and continuous monitoring.
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Purpose: Manages SSL/TLS certificates for securing network communications.
Features: Simplifies certificate provisioning, management, and deployment, supports public and private certificates.
AWS Secrets Manager
Purpose: Manages secrets needed to access your applications, services, and IT resources.
Features: Automates secrets rotation, provides fine-grained access control, and keeps audit logs of secrets access.
Additional Services:
Amazon Detective: Analyzes and visualizes security data to help identify the root cause of security issues.
AWS Organizations: Manages multiple AWS accounts, applies policies, and enables consolidated billing.
AWS Firewall Manager: Centralized management of firewall rules across your AWS accounts and resources.
These services, when used together, provide a comprehensive security framework that helps protect your AWS environment from various threats and vulnerabilities.