AWS Security Services
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- AWS KMS AWS Key Management Service — creates and controls encryption keys used to protect data.
- AWS Shield A managed service that protects applications against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
- AWS WAF A web application firewall that filters and blocks malicious web requests by rules.
- Amazon GuardDuty An intelligent threat-detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity.
- Amazon Inspector An automated service that scans workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure.
- Amazon Macie A data security service that uses machine learning to discover and protect sensitive data in S3.
- AWS Secrets Manager A service that stores, rotates, and retrieves secrets like database credentials and API keys.
- AWS CloudTrail A service that records account activity and API calls for governance, auditing, and compliance.
- AWS Config A service that records and evaluates the configuration of AWS resources for compliance.