Security in the cloud is similar to security in on-premises data centers — only without the costs of maintaining facilities and hardware. The AWS cloud allows you to scale and innovate while maintaining a secure environment.

In the cloud, you don’t have to manage physical servers or storage devices. Instead, you use software-based security tools to monitor and protect the flow of information into and of out of your cloud resources.

AWS infrastructure is custom-built for the cloud and is monitored 24×7 to help protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of your data.

Browse this page to learn more about key topics, areas of research and training opportunities for cloud security on AWS.