CSA Talk May 2018
From Federal Burro of Information
Abstract
AWS introduces many new capabilities for provisinf IT services. They do so in a software defined way and give you lots of options.
All of the services provided by AWS take se
A Grab Bag of Security Practices
- tools to help with securoty
- some free some not free
- cloudcheckr
- aws-config-rules https://github.com/awslabs/aws-config-rules
- Sample implement 2 of these
- truffle hog
- AWS NTP time sync + dhcp.
- root mfa
- using roles to access account from a central place.
- using peering to central manage.
- Diagram
- using config rules
- IAM policy best practices.
- Auditing and forensics.
- the cloudtrail -> s3 -> cloudwatch trinity
- s3 replication
- s3 imutablity
- Anomaly detection datadog
- anti patterns
- egress backhaul
- Partners and Vendor: what can my vendor do?
10 AWS security blunders and how to avoid them | InfoWorld
Mistake 1: Not knowing who is in charge of security Mistake 2: Forgetting about logs Mistake 3: Giving away too many privileges Mistake 4: Having powerful users and broad roles Mistake 5: Relying heavily on passwords Mistake 6: Exposed secrets and keys Mistake 7: Not taking root seriously Mistake 8: Putting everything in one VPC or account Mistake 9: Leaving wide open connections Mistake 10: Skimping on encryption
