Technological diffusion has enabled enterprises to move their workloads to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for greater performance and security at an affordable cost. Amazon Cloud Services not only looks after meeting all the challenges of a public cloud platform but also encourages other IaaS providers to rely on a Shared Responsibility Model. This initiative makes customers more responsible for securing their operating systems, platforms, and data.
Meanwhile, AWS cloud consulting services are responsible for securing the cloud and its infrastructure and hardware. Software and facilities. The AWS version of the Shared Responsibility Model illustrates how well Amazon Cloud Services has defined the security, management, and deployment of applications and data, their accessibility, and configuration in terms of a customer’s responsibility.
Common Security Concerns for AWS
Despite applying all the advanced security protocols in the cloud environment, users are always unsure of the vulnerabilities. A cloud-based architecture's most common security concern is the stolen privileged access credentials that result in almost 80% of data breaches. According to a survey, around 66% of organizations depend on manual methods to manage privileged accounts that involve sticking around password vaults.
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However, the security related to this traditional approach to the cloud transitioning process is often overlooked. Thus, both on-premise and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) must augment legacy privileged access Management Strategies to secure their cloud-based critical data.
This article discusses the top 6 essential strategies to help you with your AWS security in a zero-trust world.
AWS Security Best Practices – 6 Ways to Implement Better Security
Here are some of the best practices that ensure better security in Amazon Cloud Services that take data protection to a different level.
- Protect AWS Root Accounts and Enable AWS Console: We already know how powerful the AWS root user account is, so it is advisable to vault the password of the AWS root account, which must be used only when it is urgent. Otherwise, centralized identities such as Active Directory must be used instead of local AWS IAM accounts. Also, there is a need to enable the federated login to reduce the traditional approach of using the access keys.
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- Implementing a Common Security Model: While approaching the IaaS adoption in organizations, users must never treat an IaaS environment differently than their data center. The common perception of users is that IaaS requires a unique identity as it resides outside the traditional network parameter. This is a false practice, as conventional security and compliance concepts still apply in the cloud. All the roles and responsibilities are the same for every user. So, leveraging a common security infrastructure with consolidated identities contributes to a better security model.
- Confirm Accountability: Ensuring the accountability of the shared privileged accounts elevates security and helps to centralize the entitlements from Active Directory to AWS roles.
- Impose Least Privilege Access: Users must be granted enough privilege to complete the task in the AWS Management Console, AWS services, and on the AWS instances, the administrator must define the roles and responsibilities by ensuring cross-platform management for AWS Management Console, Windows, and Linux instances.
- Audit Sessions: Users must audit and monitor every authorized and unauthorized user session to AWS instances. Keeping a closer look at every activity of an individual and reporting their access rights leads to a healthy practice for maintaining security.
- Applying Multi-Factor Authentication: Preventing potential attacks provides more user assurance. Implementing multi-factor authentication on every level of AWS service management reduces the threat to a great extent.
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Compromising the privileged access credential has become the most common practice for a security breach affecting AWS deployments. Implementing these security approaches eliminates the risk of data being attacked. Organizations like TECH GURU, the Advanced Consulting Partner of AWS, support customers with their business growth and development. Driven by a talented team of experts, TECH GURU promises to deliver performance-oriented cloud migration strategies without compromising the previously maintained standards. The logical consultation channelizes the architectural and technical paradigm to meet the challenges of web hosting environments. You can contact our team at +91-8800567676 or mail [email protected].
