AWS Security Services list 2022 — Where and How to start

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the current reigning king of public cloud services giving cloud security professionals a huge ( and ever increasing ) list of AWS Security Services to play around with in 2022. The variety of security service however can also become quite intimidating for newcomers and leave them unsure of where to start. Below diagram captures just a tiny amount of services that are available to use in the AWS security Eco-system ( more probably would have been added by time this article is read ! )

So where does one start if you are looking after AWS cloud security ? I wrote about AWS control tower a while back but that is not the first place you want to jump into without a solid foundation in place !

To help out newcomers I have made my list of AWS Security services and what sequence you should start learning them.

DISCLAIMER: This is based on my own subjective experiences of course and on a lot of pain based trial and error in my own cloud security career ! I have tried to cover those services which can be applicable in any environment regardless of its size. This is not a tutorial on these services but rather…