Best Practices for Security and Compliance with Amazon Web Services

Cloud adoption is increasing at a rapid rate as services are backed by technology advancements such as highspeed Internet connectivity and high efficiency manufacturing. These advancements have reduced the cost of storage and enabled service providers to meet and exceed customer expectations. Rapid cloud adoption has however, introduced unique and complex security considerations for users. Now organizations must consider how adopting a cloud-computing model will affect their risk profile related to data security, privacy and availability. 

This paper will discuss what part of the shared responsibility equation customers are responsible for and what some of the recommended security practices are that can help create a secure cloud-computing environment.