AWS security, backups and disaster recovery

How to approach AWS identity, network controls, data protection and tested recovery without relying on defaults. This guide explains the practical decisions behind it and what those decisions mean for the people using and operating the product.

Design account and identity boundaries

Separate environments, enforce multi-factor authentication and use roles with least privilege. Root credentials need exceptional protection and should not support routine work.

Keep services private by default

Databases and internal workloads should not be internet-accessible without a proven requirement. Security groups and network design should expose only necessary routes.

Encrypt and classify data

Encryption at rest and in transit is important, but teams must also know what data exists, why it is retained and who can retrieve exports and logs.

Back up beyond one failure mode

Define retention, cross-account or cross-region copies where justified, and protections against accidental deletion. Replication improves availability but is not an independent history.

Test recovery as a complete service

Restoring a database is only one step. DNS, secrets, storage, workers and third-party connections must also function, with documented people and communication responsibilities.

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