9.1 Overview of AWS

What is Cloud Computing?

6 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

AWS Regions

Security

• State of the art electronic surveillance and multi factor access control systems

• Staffed 24 * 7 by security guards

• Access is authorized on a "least privilege basis"

Compliance

• PCI DSS Level 1. Compliant with website so that you can have payment. QSA.

• SOC 1

• SOC 2

• SOC 3

• ISO 27001

• ISO 9001

• ...

• Several industry-specific standards:

  • HIPAA

  • Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

  • Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)

AWS Platform