Overview of Amazon Web Services

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Overview Part 1

What is Cloud Computing

Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources and applications via the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.  Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broud set of application services over the Internet.

Cloud computing providers such as AWS own and maintain the network-connected hardware required for these application services, while you provision and use what you need using a web application.

Six Advantages of Cloud

  • Trade Capital Expense for variable expense
  • Benefit from massive economies of scale
  • Stop guessing about capacity
  • Increase speed and agility
  • Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers
  • Go global in minutes

Global Infrastructure

  • 11 different Regions Worldwide
    • Each region contains 1 or more Availability Zones (AZ)
    • Most regions consist of 3 AZs

Security

  • State of the art electronic surveillance and multi factor access control systems
  • Staffed 24×7 by specially trained security guards
  • Access is authorised on a “least privilege basis”
    • Access to specific areas is limited to which areas you have clearance to access.

Compliance

  • SOC 1 / SSAE 16 / ISAE 3402 (Formerly SAS 70 Type II)*
  • SOC2*
  • SOC3
  • FISMA, DIACAP
  • FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management
    Program)
  • PCI DSS Level 1*
    • Amazon architecture is approved for use with Credit Card transactions.
    • True PCI compliance is a function of both the Customer and Provider (AWS)
      • There are a lot of different processes a Customer must also follows to become PCI compliant.
  • ISO 27001*
  • ISO 9001*
  • ITAR (U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations)
  • FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standards)

Industry Specific Standards

  • HIPAA
  • Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)
  • Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

* Important to know

The AWS Platform

From bottom to top:

  • AWS Global Infrastructure
  • Networking
  • Compute / Storage / Databases
  • Analytics & Application Services
  • Deployment & Management.

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