The Security Pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework - Applying Security Practices to a Network Workload on AWS for Communications Service Providers

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The Security Pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework

The Security Pillar describes how to use cloud technologies to help protect data, systems, and assets in a way that can improve an AWS customer’s security posture. It provides in-depth, best practice guidance for architecting secure workloads on AWS. The security pillar is made of seven design principles to help strengthen workload security:

  • Implement a strong identity foundation

  • Enable traceability

  • Apply security at all layers

  • Automate security best practices

  • Protect data in transit and at rest

  • Keep people away from data

  • Prepare for security events