SERVICE DOMAIN

Security

Identity, access management, and threat protection.

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AWS IAM

AWS IAM

Verify who is making the request, then use policies to decide what that identity may do to which resources.

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IAM Access Analyzer

IAM Access Analyzer

Analyze external access, policies, and unused permissions to enforce least privilege.

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AWS Security

AWS Security Interview Guide

Answer AWS security interviews with an identity, network, data, detection, response, and shared-responsibility framework.

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AWS Organizations

AWS Organizations

Centrally manage AWS accounts, OUs, SCP permission boundaries, and consolidated billing.

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AWS Control Tower

AWS Control Tower

Build and continuously govern a standardized multi-account AWS environment using best practices.

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Amazon Cognito

Amazon Cognito

Provides sign-up, sign-in, and access control for web and mobile applications.

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Amazon Detective

Amazon Detective

GuardDuty tells you that something suspicious happened; Detective helps explain why, who was involved, and what was affected.

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Amazon GuardDuty

Amazon GuardDuty

Continuously analyzes account, network, and workload signals to detect suspicious attacks.

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Amazon Inspector

Amazon Inspector

Continuously scans workloads for software vulnerabilities and exposure risks.

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Amazon Macie

Amazon Macie

Uses machine learning and automation to discover sensitive data in Amazon S3.

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AWS Certificate Manager

AWS Certificate Manager

Centrally provisions, deploys, and renews SSL/TLS certificates used for HTTPS.

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AWS IAM Identity Center

AWS IAM Identity Center

Gives employees one entry point to multiple AWS accounts and applications.

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AWS KMS

AWS KMS

Manages the encryption keys used to lock and unlock data; it does not store the business data itself.

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AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Secrets Manager

Securely stores and can automatically rotate database passwords, API keys, and tokens.

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AWS Security Hub

AWS Security Hub

Standardizes findings from multiple security services and brings them into one security view.

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AWS Shield

AWS Shield

Protects applications on AWS from denial-of-service and distributed denial-of-service attacks.

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AWS WAF

AWS WAF

Inspects HTTP(S) requests and allows, blocks, or counts them according to web rules.

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