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Security Best Practices for AWS Config

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Security Best Practices for AWS Config - AWS Config

AWS Config 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.

  • Leverage tagging for AWS Config, which makes is easier to manage, search for, and filter resources.

  • Confirm your delivery channels have been properly set, and once confirmed, verify that AWS Config is recording properly.

For more information, see AWS Config best practices blog.

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