In Amazon Cloud Technology, in order to meet the changing needs of customers, Amazon Cloud Technology continues to innovate and iterate, and the designed services can help customers meet the most stringent security and compliance requirements. For security-related work, the Amazon cloud technology service team works closely with the Amazon Security Guardians cloud guardian project to maintain high service standards. At the same time, Amazon Cloud Technology's internal compliance team closely monitors security control requirements around the world, and cooperates with external audit teams to conduct third-party verification of Amazon Cloud Technology's services against these requirements.
Safety is the cornerstone
At Amazon Web Technologies, security is a top priority. Achieving compliance can be challenging, but by making security an integral part of all that AWS does, you can help AWS comply with broader compliance requirements, document compliance, and communicate to auditors and customers Demonstrate compliance with Amazon Cloud Technologies.
The security of Amazon cloud technology begins with a secure and compliant global cloud infrastructure, and enterprises regardless of size can obtain a consistent cloud security experience. Broadly speaking, Amazon's cloud technology infrastructure is not only built and managed according to security best practices and the highest standards, but also considers the unique needs of the cloud, employs redundancy and layered controls, continuous validation and testing, and makes extensive use of automation , to ensure that the underlying infrastructure is monitored and protected 24/7 to meet the security compliance requirements of highly sensitive organizations such as multinational banks.
In addition, Amazon cloud technology also supports 143 security standards and compliance certifications, helping enterprises meet the compliance requirements of almost all regulatory agencies around the world. Amazon cloud technology manages and controls components from the host operating system and virtualization layer to the physical security of the service running facilities, and provides enterprises with a wide range of best practices, encryption tools and other guidance to help enterprises improve application-level security measures.
AWS can even help auditors improve and refine their audit methodology as auditors gain insight into what AWS does. This also increases the depth and quality of the reports Amazon Web Technologies provides directly to customers.
Among them, Amazon Artifact provides on-demand downloads of Amazon Cloud Technology security and compliance documents, such as Amazon Cloud Technology ISO Certification, Payment Card Industry (PCI) Reports, and Service Organization Controls (SOC) Reports. Security and compliance documents (also known as audit projects) can be submitted to auditors or regulators to demonstrate the security and compliance of the AWS infrastructure and services used. You can also use these documents as a guide to assess your own cloud architecture and assess the effectiveness of your company's internal controls.
Security Scale Challenges
According to Amazon cloud technology, many customers are committed to striking a balance between security, compliance and productivity. For example, to quickly deliver their applications to their users. Prior to this, an audit of these applications may be required. The traditional process typically involves writing an application, putting it into production, and reviewing it with an audit team to ensure compliance. This approach may cause some problems, such as rework by the development team due to repeated compliance requirements, and may even cause resentment among developers.
Enforcing compliance requirements in traditional ways will not help scale, and will even lead to more complex team relationships and many disagreements. So how do you scale quickly and safely?
Express compliance requirements in technical language
The first way to gain the trust of your development team is in their language. It is critical to use the terminology and references that developers use, and to understand the tools they are using to develop, deploy, and secure code. Asking engineering teams to translate various compliance requirements (often vague) into engineering specifications is neither efficient nor realistic. Compliance teams should use the language engineers are familiar with and try to translate what is required into something concrete and mandatory.
Another strategy for scaling is to embed compliance requirements into the daily work of developers. Compliance teams enable developers to do their jobs as usual without intervention. If this strategy is successful and the path to compliance becomes simple and natural, this approach will enable compliance at scale and foster understanding and collaboration across teams. This approach will also help break down barriers between developers and audit and compliance teams.
Consider auditors and regulators as partners
We should treat auditors and regulators as true business partners. Independent auditors or regulators have in-depth knowledge of how customers in various industries are using the security provided by the company in their products, so they can give valuable insight into how the report can best be used. Although, sometimes people may see regulators as adversaries, the best way is to communicate openly with regulators, help them understand the business of the enterprise and the value it brings to customers, and enhance their understanding of enterprise technology and processes.
At Amazon Web Technologies, several methods are used to help auditors and regulators quickly understand. For example, Amazon Cloud Technology holds a Digital Audit Symposium to introduce how Amazon Cloud Technology controls and operates specific services in terms of security and compliance. At the same time, the Cloud Audit Academy was launched to provide cloud-independent and Amazon cloud technology-specific training courses to help existing and potential audit, risk and compliance professionals understand how to audit regulated Cloud workloads are audited. Amazon Cloud Technologies believes that working with auditors and regulators is key to scaling compliance.
Using security as a foundation is critical to drive and compliance at scale. Using a language engineers are familiar with will help them maintain a rhythm without interruption and will simplify the path to compliance as much as possible. While some hurdles remain, seeing auditors as partners is a positive strategic shift for highly regulated businesses such as financial services and healthcare. The more proactive you are in helping auditors do their jobs, the faster you can reap the value they bring to the business.