AWS Security Challenges – Tips for Effective Management If you’re on AWS Cloud, is security a big concern? In this blog, we explore some of the most effective security mechanisms if you have your data in the Cloud. It is believed that security is everyone’s responsibility. It can be successful if there’s continuous monitoring, implementation of all the best practices, and meeting all compliance needs in the cloud. AWS provides a number of benefits like flexibility, elasticity, utility billing, and reduced time-to-market. It offers many security services and features that you can use to manage security of your assets and data in the AWS. But no matter how stringent or advanced the security norms might be, as long as you’re in cloud infrastructure, security remains a constant concern. It is critical to have proper control checks in place to not only remain compliant but also manage security effectively.
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Identity and Access Management Tool (IAM) AWS has Identity and Access Management Tool also known as the AWS IAM to better manage users who can access the resources in the Cloud directly. The tool helps to keep a check on unauthorized access and identity theft (ensures that passwords of the users are changed frequently). Multi-Factor Authentication or MFA, which is one the features of Identity and Access Management tool, is an important practice that enhances the security of the data in the cloud. Additionally, Access Management Control, which is yet another added feature of AWS IAM, ensures that EC2 key pairs can have access to resources only through protocols.