Security in a VPC
The following are some helpful tips to consider when setting up your application in AWS, but they might not be appropriate or sufficient for your specific environment.
- When setting up your application, create it in multiple locations to make it more reliable and scalable.
- Use security groups to control traffic to your application.
- Use network ACLs to control inbound and outbound traffic at the application level.
- Use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to manage access to AWS resources.
- Use VPC Flow Logs to monitor traffic going to and from your application.
- Use Network Access Analyzer to identify unintended network access to your application.
- Use AWS Network Firewall to filter inbound and outbound traffic to your application.