Secure communication on AWS ensures data in transit is protected using encryption protocols like TLS/SSL. Services like Amazon API Gateway, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Direct Connect integrate with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to enable secure data transfer. This is critical for web applications, APIs, and hybrid cloud environments to prevent eavesdropping and ensure data integrity.
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AWS provides robust data encryption capabilities to protect data at rest and in transit. Using services like AWS Key Management Service (KMS) and AWS CloudHSM, customers can encrypt data across S3, EBS, RDS, and other services. AWS supports industry-standard algorithms like AES-256, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements for sensitive workloads.
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AWS Security Hub is a centralized security management service that aggregates, organizes, and prioritizes security findings from AWS services like GuardDuty, Macie, and Inspector, as well as partner tools. It provides automated compliance checks and a unified dashboard, helping organizations monitor and improve their security posture across AWS environments.
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AWS Config is a service that tracks and records configuration changes to AWS resources, enabling continuous monitoring and compliance auditing. It provides a detailed inventory of resources, their configurations, and change history, helping organizations enforce security policies, meet regulatory requirements, and troubleshoot operational issues.
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AWS Audit Manager simplifies compliance and audit processes by automating evidence collection and generating audit-ready reports. It maps AWS resource usage to compliance frameworks like PCI DSS, GDPR, and SOC, reducing manual effort for audits. Audit Manager is ideal for organizations needing to demonstrate regulatory compliance.
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AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is a managed service for creating and controlling cryptographic keys used to encrypt data across AWS services. It supports symmetric and asymmetric encryption, integrates with IAM for access control, and ensures compliance with standards like FIPS 140-2. KMS is essential for securing sensitive data in applications and databases.
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AWS CloudTrail is a service that records API calls and activities across AWS accounts, providing detailed logs for security analysis, compliance auditing, and operational troubleshooting. It tracks user actions, resource changes, and system events, enabling organizations to monitor and investigate security incidents with a comprehensive audit trail.
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Amazon GuardDuty is an intelligent threat detection service that uses machine learning to monitor AWS accounts for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior. It analyzes data from CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, and DNS logs to identify threats like compromised instances or reconnaissance attacks, providing actionable security findings.
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Amazon Macie is a data security and privacy service that uses machine learning to discover, classify, and protect sensitive data stored in AWS, particularly in Amazon S3. It identifies personal information, intellectual property, and other sensitive data, generating alerts for potential risks and helping organizations comply with data protection regulations.
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