26 AWS security best practices to adopt in production

Ensuring security in AWS environments is crucial for minimizing risks and maintaining a robust cloud architecture, and this comprehensive guide outlines 26 best practices to achieve this goal. Emphasizing the importance of security from the outset, it advises against using root accounts for everyday activities, recommends setting up strong identity and access management (IAM) practices, and highlights the need for multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all accounts. It also covers the significance of enabling encryption, such as server-side encryption for Amazon S3 buckets and encryption at rest for Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes. The document further stresses the importance of configuring AWS CloudTrail for comprehensive monitoring and auditing, while also ensuring services like Amazon SageMaker and Database Migration Service (DMS) are not publicly accessible. Leveraging AWS's shared responsibility model, it underscores the customer's role in managing application-level security and configuration. Additionally, the guide suggests using tools like Sysdig Secure for continuous monitoring and compliance with AWS best practices, facilitating a proactive approach to cloud security management.