Top 5 Simple and Efficient Strategies for Enhancing Security in Your AWS Cloud Infrastructure

As cyberattacks against popular cloud providers, including AWS, become increasingly common, companies must prioritize smart investments in cloud security. While AWS builds security into its core cloud infrastructure and offers foundational services to meet unique security requirements, IT teams remain responsible for implementing the best security protocols for their cloud environment. Here are five tips to secure your AWS infrastructure effectively:

1. Identify your assets: Categorize essential information assets and supporting components to determine what data needs to be protected and how.
2. Security strategies over controls and tools: Prioritize your security strategy to integrate security into all business processes and determine how they’ll impact team workflows.
3. Choose your admins carefully: Limit S3 bucket access to root users and trusted admins, and determine who should have admin rights.
4. Consider a virtual private cloud (VPC): A VPC is necessary for organizations with multiple servers to separate public and private infrastructure.
5. Set up an on-demand disaster recovery plan: Prioritize disaster recovery as part of your cloud security strategy to protect against data loss and downtime.

To further enhance your disaster recovery plan, consider using a Disaster Recovery as a Service (DRaaS) solution like Wanclouds’ VPC+, which allows you to track, backup, and redeploy cloud-native applications in different regions within AWS or another cloud. By following these tips, companies can better secure their AWS environment and protect against potential threats.