AWS as a provider of cloud infrastructure

AWS provides highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure in the cloud that powers over a million public and private sector customers around the world. AWS is responsible for maintaining, protecting, and improving the infrastructure that runs all of the services AWS offers. This infrastructure is composed of the hardware, software, networking, and facilities that run AWS Cloud services. As shown in the following figure, this differentiation of responsibility is called the “Shared Responsibility Model”, which defines Security of the Cloud (AWS) versus Security in the Cloud (customer).

Customers may choose to outsource some of their responsibility to an APN partner. They may choose to use an APN Software Partner’s application, or perhaps use an APN Services Partner to manage their security. The choices are as varied as our individual customers’ needs.

The AWS "Shared Responsibility Model" showing the extent of AWS’ responsibility, and where customer responsibility begins.