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Resources: Module 13: Security in Depth

Official documentation, whitepapers, FAQs, and supplementary reading.

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Module 13: Resources

Official Documentation

  • AWS Well-Architected Framework: Security Pillar
  • AWS KMS Developer Guide
  • AWS KMS Key Concepts (Customer Managed, AWS Managed, AWS Owned)
  • AWS KMS Key Rotation
  • AWS Secrets Manager User Guide
  • Secrets Manager: Rotating Secrets
  • Secrets Manager: Retrieving Secrets
  • AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
  • AWS WAF Developer Guide
  • AWS WAF: Getting Started
  • AWS WAF: Web ACLs
  • AWS WAF: Managed Rule Groups
  • AWS Shield: How It Works
  • AWS CloudTrail User Guide
  • CloudTrail: Working with Trails
  • CloudTrail Lake
  • Amazon GuardDuty User Guide
  • GuardDuty: Extended Threat Detection
  • AWS Config Developer Guide
  • AWS Config: Evaluating Resources with Rules
  • AWS Config: Remediation
  • AWS Security Hub User Guide
  • Security Hub: AWS Security Finding Format (ASFF)

AWS Whitepapers

  • AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency
  • Security Pillar: AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS FAQs

  • AWS KMS FAQ
  • AWS WAF FAQ
  • Amazon GuardDuty FAQ
  • AWS CloudTrail FAQ
  • AWS Config FAQ

AWS Architecture References

  • AWS Security Reference Architecture
  • Security Automations for AWS WAF

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