FAQ - AWS Prescriptive Guidance
What is Zero Trust?What AWS services can help me implement zero trust architecture?How can I ensure data security with AWS?Can AWS help with compliance requirements in a Zero Trust environment?Are there any AWS tools or services for automating security in a Zero Trust environment?How can I ensure continuous monitoring and incident response in a Zero Trust cloud environment with AWS

FAQ

This section provides answers to commonly raised questions about designing and implementing a zero trust architecture (ZTA).

What is Zero Trust?

Zero trust is a conceptual model and an associated set of mechanisms that focus on providing security controls around digital assets that do not solely or fundamentally depend on traditional network controls or network perimeters. Instead, network controls are augmented with identity, device, behavior, and other rich context and signals to make more granular, intelligent, adaptive, and continuous access decisions.

What AWS services can help me implement zero trust architecture?

AWS provides several services that can assist in implementing Zero Trust, such as AWS Verified Access, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon VPC Lattice, Amazon Verified Permissions, Amazon API Gateway, and Amazon GuardDuty.

How can I ensure data security with AWS?

AWS offers services such as AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) for data encryption at rest and in transit, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) for network isolation, and AWS Secrets Manager for secure storage and retrieval of credentials.

Can AWS help with compliance requirements in a Zero Trust environment?

Yes, AWS has compliance programs and services to help meet various regulatory requirements. AWS Artifact provides access to AWS compliance reports, and AWS Config supports continuous monitoring and assessment of compliance.

Are there any AWS tools or services for automating security in a Zero Trust environment?

AWS provides services such as AWS Security Hub, which centralizes and automates security findings, and AWS Config rules for defining and enforcing security policies.

How can I ensure continuous monitoring and incident response in a Zero Trust cloud environment with AWS

AWS offers services such as Amazon CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and AWS CloudTrail for logging and analysis. For incident response best practices, you can use the AWS Security Incident Response Guide.