# Security in Amazon Simple Workflow Service
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This section provides information about Amazon Simple Workflow Service security and authentication.

**Topics**
+ [Data protection in Amazon Simple Workflow Service](data-protection.md)
+ [Identity and Access Management in Amazon Simple Workflow Service](swf-dev-iam.md)
+ [Logging and Monitoring](logging-monitoring.md)
+ [Compliance Validation for Amazon Simple Workflow Service](SWF-compliance.md)
+ [Resilience in Amazon Simple Workflow Service](disaster-recovery-resiliency.md)
+ [Infrastructure Security in Amazon Simple Workflow Service](infrastructure-security.md)
+ [Configuration and Vulnerability Analysis in Amazon Simple Workflow Service](configuration-vulnerability.md)

Amazon SWF uses IAM to control access to other AWS services and resources. For an overview of how IAM works, see [Overview of Access Management](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/introduction_access-management.html) in the *IAM User Guide*. For an overview of security credentials, see [AWS Security Credentials](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/general/latest/gr/aws-security-credentials.html) in the *Amazon Web Services General Reference*.