by Jeff Levine, Security Specialist, Solutions Architect, AWS
In AWS, identity comes first. Before you can provision buckets, instances, VPCs, or any other infrastructure, you have to have an identity to authenticate and authorize those API calls. In this session, we'll rapidly immerse you in the fundamental primitives, mental models, and implementation patterns of the core AWS identity services such as AWS Identity & Access Management and AWS Organizations. With this knowledge in hand you'll be able to confidently construct a solid identity foundation for your workloads to sit atop.
The 1%: Identity and Governance Patterns From the Most Advanced AWS Customers...Amazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. AWS Security Consultant, AWS
Across the AWS customer base there's a wide spectrum of experience levels. In this session, we'll dive deep into a number of advanced patterns that some of our most advanced customers are using to make themselves successful. By equipping you with these deep learnings, you'll be able to raise the bar within your organization, allowing you to achieve greater levels of control, speed, and visibility at a greatly accelerated pace.
The Future of Securing Access Controls in Information SecurityAmazon Web Services
by Tim Kropp and Greg Frascadore from Bridgewater Associates
Identity Access and Management is a critical information security control used by companies of all shapes and sizes. Tim Kropp and Greg Frascadore from Bridgewater Associates worked with the Automated Reasoning Group (ARG) within AWS to drive innovation in automating, scaling, and future-proofing access controls. Join us to hear how Bridgewater Associates and AWS are leading the future of securing policies through a mathematics based methodology called formal reasoning.
Identity and Access Management: The First Step in AWS SecurityAmazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is first in the Security Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework CAF because in the cloud, first you grant access and only then can you provision infrastructure (the opposite approach of on-premises). In this session, you will learn how to define fine-grained access to AWS resources via users, roles, and groups; design privileged user and multifactor authentication mechanisms; and operate IAM at scale.
Customers using AWS benefit from a multitude of security and compliance controls built into AWS solutions. In this session, you will learn how to take advantage of the advanced security features of AWS to gain the visibility, agility, and control that the cloud affords users over legacy environments. We will take a look at several reference architectures for common workloads and highlight the innovative ways customers are using AWS to manage security more efficiently. After attending this session, you will be familiar with the Shared Responsibility Model and ways you can inherit security controls from the rich compliance and accreditation programs maintained by AWS.
Matt Johnson, Solutions Architect, AWS
With a minimum security baseline in place, you’re now ready to host data—which means Data Protection is required. Here we will discuss defining encryption strategy and selecting native AWS (KMS, CloudHSM) or third party tools; defining key rotation and key protection mechanisms; and defining data at rest and data in transit protection requirements.
by Cameron Worrell, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS
In this talk, we will introduce several methods of threat detection and remediation on AWS, including GuardDuty, Macie, WAF, Shield, Lambda, AWS Config, Systems Manager and Inspector. We will do a brief overview of each of these services, and then talk about how to put them all together, to have a comprehensive thread detection and remediation solution. We will also discuss how to use these services across multiple AWS accounts and regions, to cover the governance needs of enterprise AWS deployments.
Incident Response: Preparing and Simulating Threat ResponseAmazon Web Services
Once you have built and deployed security infrastructure and automated key aspects of security operations you should validate your work through an Incident Response simulation. In this session we discuss the best way to protect your logs; how and why to develop automated IR capabilities via AWS tooling (e.g. Lambda); the importance of testing existing forensics tools to ensure efficacy in cloud environment; and ways to test your plan early and often.
The 1%: Identity and Governance Patterns From the Most Advanced AWS Customers...Amazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. AWS Security Consultant, AWS
Across the AWS customer base there's a wide spectrum of experience levels. In this session, we'll dive deep into a number of advanced patterns that some of our most advanced customers are using to make themselves successful. By equipping you with these deep learnings, you'll be able to raise the bar within your organization, allowing you to achieve greater levels of control, speed, and visibility at a greatly accelerated pace.
The Future of Securing Access Controls in Information SecurityAmazon Web Services
by Tim Kropp and Greg Frascadore from Bridgewater Associates
Identity Access and Management is a critical information security control used by companies of all shapes and sizes. Tim Kropp and Greg Frascadore from Bridgewater Associates worked with the Automated Reasoning Group (ARG) within AWS to drive innovation in automating, scaling, and future-proofing access controls. Join us to hear how Bridgewater Associates and AWS are leading the future of securing policies through a mathematics based methodology called formal reasoning.
Identity and Access Management: The First Step in AWS SecurityAmazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is first in the Security Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework CAF because in the cloud, first you grant access and only then can you provision infrastructure (the opposite approach of on-premises). In this session, you will learn how to define fine-grained access to AWS resources via users, roles, and groups; design privileged user and multifactor authentication mechanisms; and operate IAM at scale.
Customers using AWS benefit from a multitude of security and compliance controls built into AWS solutions. In this session, you will learn how to take advantage of the advanced security features of AWS to gain the visibility, agility, and control that the cloud affords users over legacy environments. We will take a look at several reference architectures for common workloads and highlight the innovative ways customers are using AWS to manage security more efficiently. After attending this session, you will be familiar with the Shared Responsibility Model and ways you can inherit security controls from the rich compliance and accreditation programs maintained by AWS.
Matt Johnson, Solutions Architect, AWS
With a minimum security baseline in place, you’re now ready to host data—which means Data Protection is required. Here we will discuss defining encryption strategy and selecting native AWS (KMS, CloudHSM) or third party tools; defining key rotation and key protection mechanisms; and defining data at rest and data in transit protection requirements.
by Cameron Worrell, Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS
In this talk, we will introduce several methods of threat detection and remediation on AWS, including GuardDuty, Macie, WAF, Shield, Lambda, AWS Config, Systems Manager and Inspector. We will do a brief overview of each of these services, and then talk about how to put them all together, to have a comprehensive thread detection and remediation solution. We will also discuss how to use these services across multiple AWS accounts and regions, to cover the governance needs of enterprise AWS deployments.
Incident Response: Preparing and Simulating Threat ResponseAmazon Web Services
Once you have built and deployed security infrastructure and automated key aspects of security operations you should validate your work through an Incident Response simulation. In this session we discuss the best way to protect your logs; how and why to develop automated IR capabilities via AWS tooling (e.g. Lambda); the importance of testing existing forensics tools to ensure efficacy in cloud environment; and ways to test your plan early and often.
In this webinar, you'll learn how to create security workspaces for multiple teams through your AWS account. Discover how IAM works and find out how it integrates with AWS services. In addition, learn how AWS Config rules and AWS Cloud Trial can help you identify and rectify misconfiguration issues quickly and effectively.
by Henrik Johansson, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
This session is designed to introduce you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts that will help you prepare for the Security Week sessions, demos, and labs. We will ensure you have an AWS account and understand EC2, prepare you to get set up on the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to access the AWS Management Console, introduce you to in-source repositories, and discuss SSH access and necessary SDKs.
A Practitioner's Guide to Securing Your Cloud (Like an Expert) (SEC203-R1) - ...Amazon Web Services
New to AWS? Given the number of AWS services there are, you may think that it’s going to take a lot of work to get your security house in order in the cloud. In fact, across AWS, there are only a few simple patterns you need to know to be effective at security in the cloud. In this session, we’ll focus on the permissions controls offered by Identity and Access Management (IAM) and the network security controls offered by Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). You’ll walk away having seen concrete examples that illustrate the patterns that enable you to properly secure any workload in AWS.
SID331_Architecting Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account StrategyAmazon Web Services
Whether it is per business unit or per application, many AWS customers use multiple accounts to meet their infrastructure isolation, separation of duties, and billing requirements. In this session, we discuss considerations, limitations, and security patterns when building out a multi-account strategy. We explore topics such as identity federation, cross-account roles, consolidated logging, and account governance. Thomson Reuters shared their journey and their approach to a multi-account strategy. At the end of the session, we present an enterprise-ready, multi-account architecture that you can start leveraging today.
We encourage you attend the full multi-account track:
SID331: Architecting Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Session)
SID335: Implementing Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Chalk Talk)
ENT324: Automating and Auditing Cloud Governance and Compliance in Multi-Account Environments (Session)
SID311: Designing Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Workshop)
SID308: Multi-Account Strategies (Chalk Talk)"
Introduction to the Security Perspective of the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)Amazon Web Services
by Steve Laino, GRC Consultant, AWS
The Security Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) provides a framework for maturation via a structured program that incorporates best practices and processes to define, build, and optimize how you operate security controls in the AWS Cloud. The Security Perspective of the CAF provides a set of five core foundational themes designed to help you structure your selection and implementation of controls that are right for your business: AWS Identity and Access Management, detective controls, infrastructure security, data protection, and incident response. During this session, you will learn how to put the Security Perspective of the CAF into practice.
Using AWS to Ingest, Store, Archive, Share and carry out Analysis of Video Co...Amazon Web Services
This document discusses using AWS services for ingesting, storing, sharing, and analyzing video content. It describes how to stream live video from millions of devices using Amazon Kinesis Video Streams and then analyze the video using Amazon Rekognition. It also provides an example of building a system to detect faces on video streams from cameras using DeepLens and storing the results in databases like DynamoDB for further processing.
The document discusses continuous compliance for financial services organizations using AWS and CTP. It describes how compliance in the cloud differs from on-premises, and the importance of continuous compliance. CTP works with AWS to help customers stay in compliance through services like continuous monitoring and remediation of compliance controls. The document also provides a case study of how CTP helped Cowen migrate applications to AWS while addressing challenges of maintaining compliance in a regulated industry.
Incident Response: Preparing and Simulating Threat ResponseAmazon Web Services
by Eric Rose, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
After you have built and deployed a security infrastructure and automated key aspects of security operations, you should validate your work through an incident response simulation. In this session, you will learn about the best way to protect your logs; how and why to develop automated incident response capabilities via AWS tooling such as AWS Lambda; the importance of testing existing forensics tools to ensure efficacy in the cloud environment; and ways to test your plan early and often.
by Eric Rose, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
With a minimum security baseline in place, you can host data—which means data protection is required. In this session, we discuss defining an encryption strategy and selecting native AWS tools (AWS KMS, AWS CloudHSM) or third-party tools; defining key rotation and key protection mechanisms; and defining data at rest and data in transit protection requirements.
AWS welcomes the GDPR and views it positively as raising standards for data protection. AWS services are compliant with GDPR requirements. The GDPR is a new EU regulation that strengthens data protection for individuals and harmonizes regulations across EU states. It gives individuals rights over their personal data including access, deletion, and portability. AWS helps customers achieve compliance through services, tools for access control, encryption, monitoring, and records of processing activities. Customers retain responsibility for their own compliance while using AWS services.
Improve your Security Posture with AWS CloudFormation (DEV341-R2) - AWS re:In...Amazon Web Services
There are many ways to improve your security controls in AWS accounts. In this session, we'll cover how to leverage guidelines from the Center of Internet Security (CIS), how to augment security checks, and how to build and secure AWS resources with additional tools. Armed with the information in this session, you will be able to harden new AWS accounts and implement security best practices from Day One.
by Kristen Haught, Customer Outreach Manager, AWS
Security is the top priority at AWS, and whether you are a startup or an enterprise-level company, our compliance programs can help you demonstrate the effectiveness of this security to your customers. In this session, you will learn how to build your own compliance programs on AWS and how to show your customers evidence of this compliance. Bring both your business and technical hats as we dive into a cross-functional strategy that will accelerate your path to compliance on AWS and your business growth in regulated markets.
TiVo: How to Scale New Products with a Data Lake on AWS and QuboleAmazon Web Services
The document discusses using Presto and Qubole to scale analytics workloads on AWS for TiVo's targeted audience delivery. It describes how Presto works by streaming data back to workers. It also discusses lessons learned around choosing optimal instance types for Presto clusters based on memory usage patterns and enabling elastic scaling to optimize query performance and costs.
by Zack Milem, Trend Micro
DevOps can be coded quickly in the cloud, but it still needs to be secured. In this session, we will discuss how an automated security infrastructure can be constructed. Building from the ground up with API driven security controls, a Security Fabric in AWS can be the foundation to deliver a fast and secure environment in the cloud.
Here are the slides from the advanced Techniques for securing web applications session delivered by Sundar Jayashekar at the perimeter protection event in Stockholm.
Identity and Access Management: The First Step in AWS SecurityAmazon Web Services
IAM is first in the Security CAF because in the cloud first you grant access and only then can you provision infrastructure (the opposite of on-prem). In this session we’ll cover how to define fine grained access to AWS resources via users, roles and groups; designing privileged user & multi-factor authentication mechanisms and how to operate IAM at scale.
Cloud Adoption Framework: Security Perspective - CAF Data Protection in Trans...Amazon Web Services
This document discusses options for protecting data with encryption in AWS. It covers transport security using TLS, data encryption at rest using server-side encryption with AWS KMS or customer-provided keys, client-side encryption, and the AWS Certificate Manager and AWS Key Management Service. It provides details on how various AWS services integrate with KMS for automatic encryption and key management. Alternatives like AWS CloudHSM and partner solutions are also mentioned.
Automated Solution for Deploying AWS Landing Zone (GPSWS407) - AWS re:Invent ...Amazon Web Services
The document discusses an automated solution for deploying an AWS Landing Zone. It describes the AWS Landing Zone as providing an easy way to set up a new multi-account AWS environment based on AWS best practices. The solution automates the initial setup of accounts and baseline security and governance controls. It also includes an AWS Account Vending Machine that allows additional accounts to be automatically provisioned with security baselines. The workshop will include demos of deploying a Landing Zone, creating new accounts via the AWS Vending Machine, and extending the Landing Zone with add-on features.
by Bill Reid, Sr. Manager of Solutions Architecture, AWS
This session is designed to introduce you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts that will help you prepare for the Security Week sessions, demos, and labs.
Data protection is the highest priority for any organisation, so we answer common questions about GDPR, data residency, freedom of information, and privacy. We also address security-related compliance, risk management strategies, and best practices for securing data on AWS.
Understanding the Critical Building Blocks of AWS Identity and GovernanceAmazon Web Services
by Jeff Levine, Sr. Solutions Architect AWS
Join us for four days of security and compliance sessions and hands-on labs led by our AWS security pros during AWS Security Week at the San Francisco Loft. Join us for all four days, or pick just the days that are most relevant to you. We'll open on Monday with Security 101 day, followed by sessions Tuesday on Identity and Access Management, our popular Threat Detection and Remediation day Wednesday will feature an updated GuardDuty lab, and we'll end Thursday with Incident Response sessions, labs, and a talk by Netflix on their new open source IR tool. This week will also feature Dome9 as a sponsor, and you can hear them speak and present a hands-on workshop Monday during Security 101 day.
Foundations - Understanding the Critical Building Blocks of AWS Identity & Go...Amazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. AWS Security Consultant, AWS
In AWS, identity comes first. Before you can provision buckets, instances, VPCs, or any other infrastructure, you have to have an identity to authenticate and authorize those API calls. In this session, we'll rapidly immerse you in the fundamental primitives, mental models, and implementation patterns of the core AWS identity services such as AWS Identity & Access Management and AWS Organizations. With this knowledge in hand you'll be able to confidently construct a solid identity foundation for your workloads to sit atop. Level 200
In this webinar, you'll learn how to create security workspaces for multiple teams through your AWS account. Discover how IAM works and find out how it integrates with AWS services. In addition, learn how AWS Config rules and AWS Cloud Trial can help you identify and rectify misconfiguration issues quickly and effectively.
by Henrik Johansson, Principal Solutions Architect, AWS
This session is designed to introduce you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts that will help you prepare for the Security Week sessions, demos, and labs. We will ensure you have an AWS account and understand EC2, prepare you to get set up on the AWS Command Line Interface (CLI) to access the AWS Management Console, introduce you to in-source repositories, and discuss SSH access and necessary SDKs.
A Practitioner's Guide to Securing Your Cloud (Like an Expert) (SEC203-R1) - ...Amazon Web Services
New to AWS? Given the number of AWS services there are, you may think that it’s going to take a lot of work to get your security house in order in the cloud. In fact, across AWS, there are only a few simple patterns you need to know to be effective at security in the cloud. In this session, we’ll focus on the permissions controls offered by Identity and Access Management (IAM) and the network security controls offered by Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). You’ll walk away having seen concrete examples that illustrate the patterns that enable you to properly secure any workload in AWS.
SID331_Architecting Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account StrategyAmazon Web Services
Whether it is per business unit or per application, many AWS customers use multiple accounts to meet their infrastructure isolation, separation of duties, and billing requirements. In this session, we discuss considerations, limitations, and security patterns when building out a multi-account strategy. We explore topics such as identity federation, cross-account roles, consolidated logging, and account governance. Thomson Reuters shared their journey and their approach to a multi-account strategy. At the end of the session, we present an enterprise-ready, multi-account architecture that you can start leveraging today.
We encourage you attend the full multi-account track:
SID331: Architecting Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Session)
SID335: Implementing Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Chalk Talk)
ENT324: Automating and Auditing Cloud Governance and Compliance in Multi-Account Environments (Session)
SID311: Designing Security and Governance Across a Multi-Account Strategy (Workshop)
SID308: Multi-Account Strategies (Chalk Talk)"
Introduction to the Security Perspective of the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)Amazon Web Services
by Steve Laino, GRC Consultant, AWS
The Security Perspective of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) provides a framework for maturation via a structured program that incorporates best practices and processes to define, build, and optimize how you operate security controls in the AWS Cloud. The Security Perspective of the CAF provides a set of five core foundational themes designed to help you structure your selection and implementation of controls that are right for your business: AWS Identity and Access Management, detective controls, infrastructure security, data protection, and incident response. During this session, you will learn how to put the Security Perspective of the CAF into practice.
Using AWS to Ingest, Store, Archive, Share and carry out Analysis of Video Co...Amazon Web Services
This document discusses using AWS services for ingesting, storing, sharing, and analyzing video content. It describes how to stream live video from millions of devices using Amazon Kinesis Video Streams and then analyze the video using Amazon Rekognition. It also provides an example of building a system to detect faces on video streams from cameras using DeepLens and storing the results in databases like DynamoDB for further processing.
The document discusses continuous compliance for financial services organizations using AWS and CTP. It describes how compliance in the cloud differs from on-premises, and the importance of continuous compliance. CTP works with AWS to help customers stay in compliance through services like continuous monitoring and remediation of compliance controls. The document also provides a case study of how CTP helped Cowen migrate applications to AWS while addressing challenges of maintaining compliance in a regulated industry.
Incident Response: Preparing and Simulating Threat ResponseAmazon Web Services
by Eric Rose, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
After you have built and deployed a security infrastructure and automated key aspects of security operations, you should validate your work through an incident response simulation. In this session, you will learn about the best way to protect your logs; how and why to develop automated incident response capabilities via AWS tooling such as AWS Lambda; the importance of testing existing forensics tools to ensure efficacy in the cloud environment; and ways to test your plan early and often.
by Eric Rose, Sr. Security Consultant, AWS
With a minimum security baseline in place, you can host data—which means data protection is required. In this session, we discuss defining an encryption strategy and selecting native AWS tools (AWS KMS, AWS CloudHSM) or third-party tools; defining key rotation and key protection mechanisms; and defining data at rest and data in transit protection requirements.
AWS welcomes the GDPR and views it positively as raising standards for data protection. AWS services are compliant with GDPR requirements. The GDPR is a new EU regulation that strengthens data protection for individuals and harmonizes regulations across EU states. It gives individuals rights over their personal data including access, deletion, and portability. AWS helps customers achieve compliance through services, tools for access control, encryption, monitoring, and records of processing activities. Customers retain responsibility for their own compliance while using AWS services.
Improve your Security Posture with AWS CloudFormation (DEV341-R2) - AWS re:In...Amazon Web Services
There are many ways to improve your security controls in AWS accounts. In this session, we'll cover how to leverage guidelines from the Center of Internet Security (CIS), how to augment security checks, and how to build and secure AWS resources with additional tools. Armed with the information in this session, you will be able to harden new AWS accounts and implement security best practices from Day One.
by Kristen Haught, Customer Outreach Manager, AWS
Security is the top priority at AWS, and whether you are a startup or an enterprise-level company, our compliance programs can help you demonstrate the effectiveness of this security to your customers. In this session, you will learn how to build your own compliance programs on AWS and how to show your customers evidence of this compliance. Bring both your business and technical hats as we dive into a cross-functional strategy that will accelerate your path to compliance on AWS and your business growth in regulated markets.
TiVo: How to Scale New Products with a Data Lake on AWS and QuboleAmazon Web Services
The document discusses using Presto and Qubole to scale analytics workloads on AWS for TiVo's targeted audience delivery. It describes how Presto works by streaming data back to workers. It also discusses lessons learned around choosing optimal instance types for Presto clusters based on memory usage patterns and enabling elastic scaling to optimize query performance and costs.
by Zack Milem, Trend Micro
DevOps can be coded quickly in the cloud, but it still needs to be secured. In this session, we will discuss how an automated security infrastructure can be constructed. Building from the ground up with API driven security controls, a Security Fabric in AWS can be the foundation to deliver a fast and secure environment in the cloud.
Here are the slides from the advanced Techniques for securing web applications session delivered by Sundar Jayashekar at the perimeter protection event in Stockholm.
Identity and Access Management: The First Step in AWS SecurityAmazon Web Services
IAM is first in the Security CAF because in the cloud first you grant access and only then can you provision infrastructure (the opposite of on-prem). In this session we’ll cover how to define fine grained access to AWS resources via users, roles and groups; designing privileged user & multi-factor authentication mechanisms and how to operate IAM at scale.
Cloud Adoption Framework: Security Perspective - CAF Data Protection in Trans...Amazon Web Services
This document discusses options for protecting data with encryption in AWS. It covers transport security using TLS, data encryption at rest using server-side encryption with AWS KMS or customer-provided keys, client-side encryption, and the AWS Certificate Manager and AWS Key Management Service. It provides details on how various AWS services integrate with KMS for automatic encryption and key management. Alternatives like AWS CloudHSM and partner solutions are also mentioned.
Automated Solution for Deploying AWS Landing Zone (GPSWS407) - AWS re:Invent ...Amazon Web Services
The document discusses an automated solution for deploying an AWS Landing Zone. It describes the AWS Landing Zone as providing an easy way to set up a new multi-account AWS environment based on AWS best practices. The solution automates the initial setup of accounts and baseline security and governance controls. It also includes an AWS Account Vending Machine that allows additional accounts to be automatically provisioned with security baselines. The workshop will include demos of deploying a Landing Zone, creating new accounts via the AWS Vending Machine, and extending the Landing Zone with add-on features.
by Bill Reid, Sr. Manager of Solutions Architecture, AWS
This session is designed to introduce you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts that will help you prepare for the Security Week sessions, demos, and labs.
Data protection is the highest priority for any organisation, so we answer common questions about GDPR, data residency, freedom of information, and privacy. We also address security-related compliance, risk management strategies, and best practices for securing data on AWS.
Understanding the Critical Building Blocks of AWS Identity and GovernanceAmazon Web Services
by Jeff Levine, Sr. Solutions Architect AWS
Join us for four days of security and compliance sessions and hands-on labs led by our AWS security pros during AWS Security Week at the San Francisco Loft. Join us for all four days, or pick just the days that are most relevant to you. We'll open on Monday with Security 101 day, followed by sessions Tuesday on Identity and Access Management, our popular Threat Detection and Remediation day Wednesday will feature an updated GuardDuty lab, and we'll end Thursday with Incident Response sessions, labs, and a talk by Netflix on their new open source IR tool. This week will also feature Dome9 as a sponsor, and you can hear them speak and present a hands-on workshop Monday during Security 101 day.
Foundations - Understanding the Critical Building Blocks of AWS Identity & Go...Amazon Web Services
by Fritz Kunstler, Sr. AWS Security Consultant, AWS
In AWS, identity comes first. Before you can provision buckets, instances, VPCs, or any other infrastructure, you have to have an identity to authenticate and authorize those API calls. In this session, we'll rapidly immerse you in the fundamental primitives, mental models, and implementation patterns of the core AWS identity services such as AWS Identity & Access Management and AWS Organizations. With this knowledge in hand you'll be able to confidently construct a solid identity foundation for your workloads to sit atop. Level 200
Identity and Access Management: The First Step in AWS SecurityAmazon Web Services
Identity and Access Management (IAM) is first step towards AWS cloud adoption because in the cloud, first you grant access and only then can you provision infrastructure (the opposite approach of on-premises). In this session, you will learn how to define fine-grained access to AWS resources via users, roles, and groups; design privileged user and multi-factor authentication mechanisms; and operate IAM at scale.
Level: 100
Speaker: Don Edwards - Sr. Technical Delivery Manager, AWS
Identity Round Robin Workshop - Serverless Round: Security Week at the SF LoftAmazon Web Services
This document discusses identity and access management for serverless applications. It provides an overview of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) including IAM users, groups, roles, and policies. It also discusses Amazon Cognito for user management and the WildRydes serverless application workshop which involves restricting access to an S3 bucket and setting up user authentication with Cognito user pools.
Mastering Identity at Every Layer of the Cake (SEC401-R1) - AWS re:Invent 2018Amazon Web Services
Most workloads on AWS resemble a finely crafted cake, with delight at every layer. In this session, we help you master identity at each layer of deliciousness: from platform, to infrastructure, to applications, using services like AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), AWS Directory Service, Amazon Cognito, and many more. Leave with a firm mental model for how identity works both harmoniously and independently throughout these layers, and with ready-to-use reference architectures and sample code. We keep things fun and lively along the way with lots of demos, which will hopefully make up for our decided lack of anything resembling the sweet confections we'll be talking so much about!
This document provides an overview of security on AWS. It discusses AWS' shared responsibility model where AWS is responsible for security of the cloud, while customers are responsible for security in the cloud. It also describes AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) which allows customers to control access to AWS services and resources. IAM enables creation of users and groups, assigning permissions with policies, and offers features like multi-factor authentication. The document recommends security best practices including deleting root credentials, activating MFA, and monitoring activity.
External Security Services Round: Security Week at the San Francisco LoftAmazon Web Services
External Security Services Round: Security Week at the San Francisco Loft
In this round we will talk about how you can delegate access to External Security Services such as GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie. This will enable you to grant limited access to services for users who need, for example, view-only access to AWS services while restricting full access to more senior administrators.
Level: 300
Speaker: Jeff Levine - Sr. Solutions Architect, AWS
IAM for Enterprises: How Vanguard Matured IAM Controls to Support Micro Accou...Amazon Web Services
In this session, learn how Vanguard has matured their IAM controls and automation to support a micro-account strategy, providing further agility to developers while reducing blast radius and improving governance. You learn how Vanguard uses STS Federation at the OU level, builds common roles across all micro accounts, implements AWS Organizations SCPs, and uses different network control zones for admin vs. non-admin functions. Vanguard also shares how they are using AWS Lambda to block escalation of privilege.
This session is focused on diving into the AWS IAM policy categories to understand the differences, learn how the policy evaluation logic works, and go over some best practices. We will then walk through how to use permission boundaries to truly delegate administration in AWS.
The document discusses AWS security best practices, including implementing a strong identity foundation with IAM, enabling traceability with logging and monitoring tools, applying security at all layers with a defense-in-depth approach, automating security best practices through templates and CI/CD pipelines, protecting data through encryption, and preparing for security events with incident response planning.
The Evolution of Identity and Access Management on AWS - AWS Online Tech TalksAmazon Web Services
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the identity and access management evolution
- Learn best practices for managing AWS root user credentials and Users, Groups, and Roles, especially as the number of users and AWS accounts grow
- Better understand identity federation by viewing two demos
Become an IAM Policy Master in 60 Minutes or Less (SEC316-R1) - AWS reInvent ...Amazon Web Services
Are you interested in becoming a IAM policy master and learning about powerful techniques for controlling access to AWS resources? If your answer is “yes,” this session is for you. Join us as we cover the different types of policies and describe how they work together to control access to resources in your account and across your AWS organization. We walk through use cases that help you delegate permission management to developers by demonstrating IAM permission boundaries. We take an in-depth look at controlling access to specific AWS regions using condition keys. Finally, we explain how to use tags to scale permissions management in your account. This session requires you to know the basics of IAM policies.
Security by design examines a wide range of issues, such as: control responsibilities; the automation of security baselines; the configuration of security; and the auditing of controls for AWS customer infrastructure, operating systems, services and applications. This standardized, automated, prescriptive and repeatable design can be deployed for common use cases, security standards and audit requirements across multiple industries and workloads.
Module 3: Security, Architecting Best Practices, Pricing, Partner Solutions, ...Amazon Web Services
Module 3: Security, Architecting Best Practices, Pricing, Partner Solutions, Training and Certification
Virtual AWSome Day:
- Step-by-step introduction to the core AWS services for compute, storage, database, and networking.
- ideal for IT managers, system engineers, system administrators, and architects who are eager to learn more about cloud computing.
Module 3: Security, Identity and Access Management
This module will cover:
Data Center Security
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts including users, groups, roles and policies
Identity and access management helps customers protect their applications and resources. In this session, learn how AWS identity services are evolving to provide you with a secure, flexible, and easy solution for managing identities and access on the AWS Cloud.
This document discusses AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and provides an overview of how to securely manage user access and permissions in AWS. It describes IAM best practices like least privilege access and using roles for applications to access resources. Additionally, it covers authentication methods, common use cases for IAM like controlling developer access and application access, and related services like AWS STS and AWS Organizations.
Evolving perimeters with guardrails, not gates: Improving developer agility -...Amazon Web Services
In this session, Comcast discusses its AWS cloud governance strategy, focusing on self-service tooling and account management, and explaining how it improved the developer experience by leveraging federated identities, AWS Organizations, and AWS Identity and Access Management permissions boundaries.
How to Implement a Well-Architected Security Solution.pdfAmazon Web Services
Securing your workload in alignment with best practices is necessary to protect information, systems and assets while delivering business value through risk assessments and mitigation strategies. In this tech talk, we’ll walk you through how to secure your workload using AWS Identity & Access Management, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon GuardDuty and AWS Config services.
What if security became the reason to move an application to the cloud? Historically, security has been a necessary afterthought. Today, with AWS, security is moving from obligation to advantage. Here, you'll get a glimpse of tools and techniques that enterprise customers are using today to secure their AWS environments at scale.
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Come costruire servizi di Forecasting sfruttando algoritmi di ML e deep learn...Amazon Web Services
Il Forecasting è un processo importante per tantissime aziende e viene utilizzato in vari ambiti per cercare di prevedere in modo accurato la crescita e distribuzione di un prodotto, l’utilizzo delle risorse necessarie nelle linee produttive, presentazioni finanziarie e tanto altro. Amazon utilizza delle tecniche avanzate di forecasting, in parte questi servizi sono stati messi a disposizione di tutti i clienti AWS.
In questa sessione illustreremo come pre-processare i dati che contengono una componente temporale e successivamente utilizzare un algoritmo che a partire dal tipo di dato analizzato produce un forecasting accurato.
Big Data per le Startup: come creare applicazioni Big Data in modalità Server...Amazon Web Services
La varietà e la quantità di dati che si crea ogni giorno accelera sempre più velocemente e rappresenta una opportunità irripetibile per innovare e creare nuove startup.
Tuttavia gestire grandi quantità di dati può apparire complesso: creare cluster Big Data su larga scala sembra essere un investimento accessibile solo ad aziende consolidate. Ma l’elasticità del Cloud e, in particolare, i servizi Serverless ci permettono di rompere questi limiti.
Vediamo quindi come è possibile sviluppare applicazioni Big Data rapidamente, senza preoccuparci dell’infrastruttura, ma dedicando tutte le risorse allo sviluppo delle nostre le nostre idee per creare prodotti innovativi.
Ora puoi utilizzare Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) per eseguire pod Kubernetes su AWS Fargate, il motore di elaborazione serverless creato per container su AWS. Questo rende più semplice che mai costruire ed eseguire le tue applicazioni Kubernetes nel cloud AWS.In questa sessione presenteremo le caratteristiche principali del servizio e come distribuire la tua applicazione in pochi passaggi
Vent'anni fa Amazon ha attraversato una trasformazione radicale con l'obiettivo di aumentare il ritmo dell'innovazione. In questo periodo abbiamo imparato come cambiare il nostro approccio allo sviluppo delle applicazioni ci ha permesso di aumentare notevolmente l'agilità, la velocità di rilascio e, in definitiva, ci ha consentito di creare applicazioni più affidabili e scalabili. In questa sessione illustreremo come definiamo le applicazioni moderne e come la creazione di app moderne influisce non solo sull'architettura dell'applicazione, ma sulla struttura organizzativa, sulle pipeline di rilascio dello sviluppo e persino sul modello operativo. Descriveremo anche approcci comuni alla modernizzazione, compreso l'approccio utilizzato dalla stessa Amazon.com.
Come spendere fino al 90% in meno con i container e le istanze spot Amazon Web Services
L’utilizzo dei container è in continua crescita.
Se correttamente disegnate, le applicazioni basate su Container sono molto spesso stateless e flessibili.
I servizi AWS ECS, EKS e Kubernetes su EC2 possono sfruttare le istanze Spot, portando ad un risparmio medio del 70% rispetto alle istanze On Demand. In questa sessione scopriremo insieme quali sono le caratteristiche delle istanze Spot e come possono essere utilizzate facilmente su AWS. Impareremo inoltre come Spreaker sfrutta le istanze spot per eseguire applicazioni di diverso tipo, in produzione, ad una frazione del costo on-demand!
In recent months, many customers have been asking us the question – how to monetise Open APIs, simplify Fintech integrations and accelerate adoption of various Open Banking business models. Therefore, AWS and FinConecta would like to invite you to Open Finance marketplace presentation on October 20th.
Event Agenda :
Open banking so far (short recap)
• PSD2, OB UK, OB Australia, OB LATAM, OB Israel
Intro to Open Finance marketplace
• Scope
• Features
• Tech overview and Demo
The role of the Cloud
The Future of APIs
• Complying with regulation
• Monetizing data / APIs
• Business models
• Time to market
One platform for all: a Strategic approach
Q&A
Rendi unica l’offerta della tua startup sul mercato con i servizi Machine Lea...Amazon Web Services
Per creare valore e costruire una propria offerta differenziante e riconoscibile, le startup di successo sanno come combinare tecnologie consolidate con componenti innovativi creati ad hoc.
AWS fornisce servizi pronti all'utilizzo e, allo stesso tempo, permette di personalizzare e creare gli elementi differenzianti della propria offerta.
Concentrandoci sulle tecnologie di Machine Learning, vedremo come selezionare i servizi di intelligenza artificiale offerti da AWS e, anche attraverso una demo, come costruire modelli di Machine Learning personalizzati utilizzando SageMaker Studio.
OpsWorks Configuration Management: automatizza la gestione e i deployment del...Amazon Web Services
Con l'approccio tradizionale al mondo IT per molti anni è stato difficile implementare tecniche di DevOps, che finora spesso hanno previsto attività manuali portando di tanto in tanto a dei downtime degli applicativi interrompendo l'operatività dell'utente. Con l'avvento del cloud, le tecniche di DevOps sono ormai a portata di tutti a basso costo per qualsiasi genere di workload, garantendo maggiore affidabilità del sistema e risultando in dei significativi miglioramenti della business continuity.
AWS mette a disposizione AWS OpsWork come strumento di Configuration Management che mira ad automatizzare e semplificare la gestione e i deployment delle istanze EC2 per mezzo di workload Chef e Puppet.
Scopri come sfruttare AWS OpsWork a garanzia e affidabilità del tuo applicativo installato su Instanze EC2.
Microsoft Active Directory su AWS per supportare i tuoi Windows WorkloadsAmazon Web Services
Vuoi conoscere le opzioni per eseguire Microsoft Active Directory su AWS? Quando si spostano carichi di lavoro Microsoft in AWS, è importante considerare come distribuire Microsoft Active Directory per supportare la gestione, l'autenticazione e l'autorizzazione dei criteri di gruppo. In questa sessione, discuteremo le opzioni per la distribuzione di Microsoft Active Directory su AWS, incluso AWS Directory Service per Microsoft Active Directory e la distribuzione di Active Directory su Windows su Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2). Trattiamo argomenti quali l'integrazione del tuo ambiente Microsoft Active Directory locale nel cloud e l'utilizzo di applicazioni SaaS, come Office 365, con AWS Single Sign-On.
Dal riconoscimento facciale al riconoscimento di frodi o difetti di fabbricazione, l'analisi di immagini e video che sfruttano tecniche di intelligenza artificiale, si stanno evolvendo e raffinando a ritmi elevati. In questo webinar esploreremo le possibilità messe a disposizione dai servizi AWS per applicare lo stato dell'arte delle tecniche di computer vision a scenari reali.
Amazon Web Services e VMware organizzano un evento virtuale gratuito il prossimo mercoledì 14 Ottobre dalle 12:00 alle 13:00 dedicato a VMware Cloud ™ on AWS, il servizio on demand che consente di eseguire applicazioni in ambienti cloud basati su VMware vSphere® e di accedere ad una vasta gamma di servizi AWS, sfruttando a pieno le potenzialità del cloud AWS e tutelando gli investimenti VMware esistenti.
Molte organizzazioni sfruttano i vantaggi del cloud migrando i propri carichi di lavoro Oracle e assicurandosi notevoli vantaggi in termini di agilità ed efficienza dei costi.
La migrazione di questi carichi di lavoro, può creare complessità durante la modernizzazione e il refactoring delle applicazioni e a questo si possono aggiungere rischi di prestazione che possono essere introdotti quando si spostano le applicazioni dai data center locali.
Crea la tua prima serverless ledger-based app con QLDB e NodeJSAmazon Web Services
Molte aziende oggi, costruiscono applicazioni con funzionalità di tipo ledger ad esempio per verificare lo storico di accrediti o addebiti nelle transazioni bancarie o ancora per tenere traccia del flusso supply chain dei propri prodotti.
Alla base di queste soluzioni ci sono i database ledger che permettono di avere un log delle transazioni trasparente, immutabile e crittograficamente verificabile, ma sono strumenti complessi e onerosi da gestire.
Amazon QLDB elimina la necessità di costruire sistemi personalizzati e complessi fornendo un database ledger serverless completamente gestito.
In questa sessione scopriremo come realizzare un'applicazione serverless completa che utilizzi le funzionalità di QLDB.
Con l’ascesa delle architetture di microservizi e delle ricche applicazioni mobili e Web, le API sono più importanti che mai per offrire agli utenti finali una user experience eccezionale. In questa sessione impareremo come affrontare le moderne sfide di progettazione delle API con GraphQL, un linguaggio di query API open source utilizzato da Facebook, Amazon e altro e come utilizzare AWS AppSync, un servizio GraphQL serverless gestito su AWS. Approfondiremo diversi scenari, comprendendo come AppSync può aiutare a risolvere questi casi d’uso creando API moderne con funzionalità di aggiornamento dati in tempo reale e offline.
Inoltre, impareremo come Sky Italia utilizza AWS AppSync per fornire aggiornamenti sportivi in tempo reale agli utenti del proprio portale web.
Database Oracle e VMware Cloud™ on AWS: i miti da sfatareAmazon Web Services
Molte organizzazioni sfruttano i vantaggi del cloud migrando i propri carichi di lavoro Oracle e assicurandosi notevoli vantaggi in termini di agilità ed efficienza dei costi.
La migrazione di questi carichi di lavoro, può creare complessità durante la modernizzazione e il refactoring delle applicazioni e a questo si possono aggiungere rischi di prestazione che possono essere introdotti quando si spostano le applicazioni dai data center locali.
In queste slide, gli esperti AWS e VMware presentano semplici e pratici accorgimenti per facilitare e semplificare la migrazione dei carichi di lavoro Oracle accelerando la trasformazione verso il cloud, approfondiranno l’architettura e dimostreranno come sfruttare a pieno le potenzialità di VMware Cloud ™ on AWS.
1) The document discusses building a minimum viable product (MVP) using Amazon Web Services (AWS).
2) It provides an example of an MVP for an omni-channel messenger platform that was built from 2017 to connect ecommerce stores to customers via web chat, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and other channels.
3) The founder discusses how they started with an MVP in 2017 with 200 ecommerce stores in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and have since expanded to over 5000 clients across Southeast Asia using AWS for scaling.
This document discusses pitch decks and fundraising materials. It explains that venture capitalists will typically spend only 3 minutes and 44 seconds reviewing a pitch deck. Therefore, the deck needs to tell a compelling story to grab their attention. It also provides tips on tailoring different types of decks for different purposes, such as creating a concise 1-2 page teaser, a presentation deck for pitching in-person, and a more detailed read-only or fundraising deck. The document stresses the importance of including key information like the problem, solution, product, traction, market size, plans, team, and ask.
This document discusses building serverless web applications using AWS services like API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3 and Amplify. It provides an overview of each service and how they can work together to create a scalable, secure and cost-effective serverless application stack without having to manage servers or infrastructure. Key services covered include API Gateway for hosting APIs, Lambda for backend logic, DynamoDB for database needs, S3 for static content, and Amplify for frontend hosting and continuous deployment.
This document provides tips for fundraising from startup founders Roland Yau and Sze Lok Chan. It discusses generating competition to create urgency for investors, fundraising in parallel rather than sequentially, having a clear fundraising narrative focused on what you do and why it's compelling, and prioritizing relationships with people over firms. It also notes how the pandemic has changed fundraising, with examples of deals done virtually during this time. The tips emphasize being fully prepared before fundraising and cultivating connections with investors in advance.
AWS_HK_StartupDay_Building Interactive websites while automating for efficien...Amazon Web Services
This document discusses Amazon's machine learning services for building conversational interfaces and extracting insights from unstructured text and audio. It describes Amazon Lex for creating chatbots, Amazon Comprehend for natural language processing tasks like entity extraction and sentiment analysis, and how they can be used together for applications like intelligent call centers and content analysis. Pre-trained APIs simplify adding machine learning to apps without requiring ML expertise.
Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) è un servizio di gestione dei container altamente scalabile, che semplifica la gestione dei contenitori Docker attraverso un layer di orchestrazione per il controllo del deployment e del relativo lifecycle. In questa sessione presenteremo le principali caratteristiche del servizio, le architetture di riferimento per i differenti carichi di lavoro e i semplici passi necessari per poter velocemente migrare uno o più dei tuo container.