AWS Security Cookbook, 2nd Edition

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 429 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook; 2nd edition (October 25, 2024)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1835081894
• ISBN-13: 978-1835081891

eBook Description:

AWS Security Cookbook, 2nd Edition: Practical solutions for securing AWS cloud infrastructure with essential services and best practices. Secure your Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure with permission policies, key management, and network security, while following cloud security best practices.

As a security consultant, implementing policies and best practices to secure your infrastructure is critical. This AWS Security Cookbook, 2nd Edition discusses practical solutions for safeguarding infrastructure, covering services and features within AWS that help implement security models, such as the CIA triad (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) and the AAA triad (authentication, authorization, and accounting), as well as non-repudiation.

This updated AWS Security Cookbook, Second Edition starts with the fundamentals of AWS accounts and organizations. The book then guides you through identity and access management, data protection, network security, and encryption. You’ll explore critical topics such as securing EC2 instances, managing keys with KMS and CloudHSM, and implementing endpoint security. Additionally, you’ll learn to monitor your environment using CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config, while maintaining compliance with services such as GuardDuty, Macie, and Inspector. Each chapter presents practical recipes for real-world scenarios, allowing you to apply security concepts.

• Manage AWS accounts and users with AWS Organizations and IAM Identity Center
• Secure data and infrastructure with IAM policies, RBAC, and encryption
• Enhance web security with TLS, load balancers, and firewalls
• Use AWS services for logging, monitoring, and auditing
• Ensure compliance with machine-learning-powered AWS services
• Explore identity management with Cognito, AWS directory services, and external providers such as Entra ID
• Follow best practices to securely share data across accounts

By the end of this AWS Security Cookbook, 2nd Edition book, you’ll be well versed in techniques required for securing AWS deployments and be prepared to gain the AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification.