2.6. Core AWS Services: Security, Management & Monitoring

These AWS services are fundamental for maintaining a secure, well-managed, and observable AWS environment. They provide the tools to control access, monitor resource usage, audit activity, and assess compliance.

💡 First Principle: The First Principle of AWS security, management, and monitoring services is to provide comprehensive tools for controlling access, ensuring visibility, auditing activity, and maintaining compliance across your cloud environment. This empowers users to operate securely and efficiently.

This section provides a high-level overview of essential AWS services in these categories: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, and AWS Trusted Advisor.

Scenario: A company needs to securely control who can access its AWS account, monitor the health of its applications, track all activity for auditing, and receive recommendations for optimizing its AWS setup.

Reflection Question: How do diverse AWS services for security, management, and monitoring fundamentally enable businesses to control access, ensure visibility, audit activity, and maintain compliance across their cloud environment for secure and efficient operations?