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AWS KMS Key Policy Management in AWS KMS

2024-07-11T12:32:27+00:00

What is an AWS KMS key? In security, a KMS key is what you use to encrypt all other encryption keys in your system. KMS key is a logical representation of a cryptographic key. They are the primary resources in AWS KMS. The AWS KMS Key contains the key material used to encrypt and decrypt data. It also contains metadata such as the key ID, creation date, description, and key state. You can start using AWS KMS through the web console or via API. There are two types of AWS KMS keys that you can create in AWS KMS: symmetric [...]

AWS KMS Key Policy Management in AWS KMS2024-07-11T12:32:27+00:00

Working with AWS KMS key using the AWS KMS API

2024-07-11T09:28:47+00:00

What is AWS Key Management Service? AWS Key Management Service (or KMS for short) is the service you use to securely store your encryption keys in AWS. If you need data encryption on your AWS resources, such as EBS volumes or RDS databases, you can use AWS KMS to simplify the process for you. You start using the service by requesting the creation of a KMS key. By default, AWS KMS creates the key material for your KMS key. You also have the option of importing your own keys to AWS if you wish to. Note that during key rotation, [...]

Working with AWS KMS key using the AWS KMS API2024-07-11T09:28:47+00:00

AWS Certificate Manager

2025-11-30T15:04:05+00:00

Bookmarks Concepts Types of Certificates For Use With ACM ACM Private Certificate Authority Domain Verification for Certificates Pricing Validate Your Knowledge AWS Certificate Manager Cheat Sheet AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is a service that lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates for use with AWS services. It removes the manual process of purchasing, uploading, and renewing certificates. Public Certificates (Free): Secure public-facing websites (e.g., www.example.com). These are trusted by browsers by default. Private Certificates (Paid): Secure internal resources (e.g., database servers, internal APIs, IoT devices) within [...]

AWS Certificate Manager2025-11-30T15:04:05+00:00

Using the Secure String Parameter in Systems Manager Parameter Store

2024-07-10T08:42:49+00:00

What is AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store helps you securely store and share key-value pairs across your AWS environment. It is one of the packages under AWS Systems Manager that helps you design a more robust and abstract infrastructure. With Parameter Store, you don’t have to hard code parameters nor save them in config files for application use. You can easily reference them in your applications and AWS resources using the unique parameter store key of those items.  Parameter Store supports a lot of use cases, from saving unencrypted plaintext to more sensitive information such [...]

Using the Secure String Parameter in Systems Manager Parameter Store2024-07-10T08:42:49+00:00

Amazon Cognito

2025-11-30T10:03:41+00:00

How It Works User Pools Identity Pools Common Use Cases Pricing Validate Your Knowledge Amazon Cognito Cheat Sheet A user management and authentication service that can be integrated to your web or mobile applications. Amazon Cognito also enables you to authenticate users through an external identity provider and provides temporary security credentials to access your app’s backend resources in AWS or any service behind Amazon API Gateway. Amazon Cognito works with external identity providers that support SAML or OpenID Connect, social identity providers (Facebook, Twitter, Amazon, Google, Apple) and you can also [...]

Amazon Cognito2025-11-30T10:03:41+00:00

AWS DataSync

2024-01-18T07:23:36+00:00

Bookmarks How It Works Concepts Features Use Cases Pricing Limits AWS DataSync Cheat Sheet An online data transfer service that simplifies, automates, and accelerates copying large amounts of data to and from AWS storage services over the internet or AWS Direct Connect.  DataSync can copy data between: Network File System (NFS) or Server Message Block (SMB) file servers,  Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets,  Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) file systems,  Amazon FSx for Windows File Server file systems How It Works Deploy an agent - Deploy a DataSync [...]

AWS DataSync2024-01-18T07:23:36+00:00

AWS Secrets Manager

2025-12-04T16:00:56+00:00

Bookmarks Features How Secret Rotation Works Security Compliance Pricing Validate Your Knowledge AWS Secrets Manager Cheat Sheet AWS Secrets Manager is a secret management service that enables you to securely rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, OAuth tokens, and other secrets throughout their lifecycle. It eliminates the need to hard-code credentials in applications and improves security posture. Features Encryption & Secure Transmission: Secrets are encrypted at rest using AWS KMS keys (customer-managed or default) and transmitted securely over TLS. Secret Rotation: Rotate secrets on schedule or on demand via [...]

AWS Secrets Manager2025-12-04T16:00:56+00:00

AWS CodeStar

2025-11-12T08:54:48+00:00

AWS CodeStar Cheat Sheet A cloud‑based software development service that provides the tools you need to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS. CodeStar is commonly used along with CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline for a robust CI/CD toolchain. Features Each AWS CodeStar project comes with a project management dashboard, including an integrated issue tracking capability that uses Atlassian JIRA Software. With the project management dashboard, you have a unified user interface to monitor application activity, and track progress across all stages of your software development process, including code commits, builds, tests, and deployments. AWS CodeStar provides you a [...]

AWS CodeStar2025-11-12T08:54:48+00:00

AWS CodeCommit

2025-11-12T08:36:43+00:00

Bookmarks Concepts Repository Features File Features Pull Requests Commit and Branch Features Migration from Git repositories to CodeCommit High Availability Security Monitoring Pricing Limits AWS CodeCommit Cheat Sheet  A fully-managed source control service that hosts secure Git-based repositories, similar to Github. You can create your own code repository and use Git commands to interact with your own repository and other repositories. You can store and version any kind of file, including application assets such as images and libraries alongside your code. The AWS CodeCommit Console lets [...]

AWS CodeCommit2025-11-12T08:36:43+00:00

AWS Security Hub

2025-12-07T13:04:20+00:00

Bookmarks Features How It Works Concepts Pricing AWS Security Hub Cheat Sheet AWS Security Hub provides a comprehensive view of your security posture across AWS accounts by aggregating, organizing, and prioritizing security findings from AWS services, AWS partner tools, and automated compliance checks. It helps evaluate compliance with industry standards and best practices. Features Centralized Security Findings Aggregates security alerts (findings) across AWS services such as: Amazon GuardDuty Amazon Inspector Amazon Macie AWS IAM Access Analyzer AWS Firewall Manager AWS Audit Manager Integrated AWS Partner security solutions Multi-Account Support via AWS Organizations Integrates [...]

AWS Security Hub2025-12-07T13:04:20+00:00

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