Keeping your AWS account and resources safe?

[Heatman]

Keeping your AWS account and resources safe should be a top priority for anyone who uses the service. This is because if you don't, mistakes can run expensive servers or services without you knowing and such can results to big charges being incurred.

Also, your important files, databases and backups can be deleted, stolen or corrupted which is a serious problem.

What's the best way for keeping your AWS account and resources safe?

 

[Isha]

You need to enable multi-factor authentication, use strong passwords, and regularly rotate access keys to keep your AWS account and resources safe. You also need to follow the principle of least privilege with IAM roles, monitor activity with CloudTrail, and apply security patches to all resources.

 

[Nomad]

One of the best ways to keep your AWS account safe is by locking down the root account with multi factor athentication, and avoid using it daily. You also need to keep S3 buckets private by default, enabling encryption for data at rest and in transit, and apply automatic updates where possible.