AWS Cloud Security

AWS infrastructure has been architected to be one of the most flexible and secure cloud computing environments available today. It is designed to provide an extremely scalable, highly reliable platform that enables customers to deploy applications and data quickly and securely. This infrastructure is built and managed not only according to security best practices and standards, but also with the unique needs of the cloud in mind. AWS uses redundant and layered controls, continuous validation and testing, and a substantial amount of automation to ensure that the underlying infrastructure is monitored and protected 24x7.

We have many customer testimonials that highlight the security benefits of using the AWS cloud, in that the security capabilities provided by AWS far exceed the customer’s own on-premises capabilities.

“We had heard urban legends about ‘security issues in the cloud,’ but the more we looked into AWS, the more it was obvious to us that AWS is a secure environment and we would be able to use it with peace of mind.”

- Yoshihiro Moriya, Certified Information System Auditor at Hoya

“There was no way we could achieve the security certification levels that AWS has. We have great confidence in the logical separation of customers in the AWS Cloud, particularly through Amazon VPC, which allows us to customize our virtual networking environment to meet our specific requirements.”

- Michael Lockhart, IT Infrastructure Manager at GPT

“When you’re in telehealth and you touch protected health information, security is paramount. AWS is absolutely critical to do what we do today. Security and compliance are table stakes. If you don’t have those, the rest doesn’t matter."

- Cory Costley, Chief Product Officer, Avizia

Many more customer testimonials, including those from health and life science companies, can be found here: https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/testimonials/

IT Security is often not the core business of our customers. IT departments operate on limited budgets and do a good job of securing their data centers and software given limited resources. In the case of AWS, security is foundational to our core business and so significant resources are applied to ensuring the security of the cloud and helping our customers ensure security in the cloud, as described further below.