# Security best practices for Amazon DynamoDB
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Amazon DynamoDB provides a number of security features to consider as you develop and implement your own security policies. The following best practices are general guidelines and don’t represent a complete security solution. Because these best practices might not be appropriate or sufficient for your environment, treat them as helpful considerations rather than prescriptions.

**Topics**
+ [DynamoDB preventative security best practices](best-practices-security-preventative.md)
+ [DynamoDB detective security best practices](best-practices-security-detective.md)