Certified Cloud Practitioner - Specific AWS Services and Features Flashcards
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Amazon Athena
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A serverless, highly scalable analytics service that provides a simplified and flexible way to analyze data from many sources
Analytics
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AWS Data Exchange
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A service that helps AWS easily share and manage data entitlements from other organizations at scale. There are data senders that send data grants to data receivers
Analytics
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Amazon EMR
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Solution for petabyte-scale data processing, interactive analytics, and machine learning using open-source frameworks such as Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and Presto
Analytics
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AWS Glue
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A serverless data integration service that makes it easier to discover, prepare, move, and integrate data from multiple sources for analytics, machine learning, and application development
Analytics
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Amazon Kinesis
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A serverless service to collect, process, and analyze real-time streaming data (e.g. video, audio, application logs, website clickstreams, and IoT telemetry data)
Analytics
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Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)
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Managed version of open source data streaming service Apache Kafka
Analytics
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Amazon OpenSearch Service
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An open source, distributed search and analytics suite derived from Elasticsearch
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Amazon QuickSight
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Generative BI (business intelligence) assistant - quickly build visuals and calculations using natural language
Analytics
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Amazon Redshift
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Fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service in the cloud - useful for big data BI / analytics solutions
Analytics
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Amazon EventBridge
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Serverless service that uses events to connect application components together - provides ways to ingest, filter, transform, and deliver events
Application Integration
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Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS)
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Regionally scoped service that uses publish-subscribe model to send messages to services and end users
Application Integration
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Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)
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Regionally scoped service that sends, stores, and receives messages between software components at any volume, without losing messages
Application Integration
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AWS Step Functions
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A visual workflow service that helps developers use AWS services to build distributed applications, automate processes, orchestrate microservices, and create data and machine learning pipelines
Application Integration
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Amazon Connect
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A cloud contact center platform for offering customer service
Business Applications
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Amazon Simple Email Service (SES)
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An email platform allowing you to send and receive email using your own email addresses and domains
Business Applications
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AWS Batch
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Fully managed service to run batch computing workloads of any scale
Compute
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Amazon EC2
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Service that provides secure, resizable compute capacity in the cloud
Compute
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AWS Elastic Beanstalk
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Managed service for deploying and scaling web applications and services automatically with code upload (handles capacity provisioning, load balancing, auto scaling, application health monitoring)
Compute
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Amazon Lightsail
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Virtual private server (VPS) with simple management of pre-configured cloud resources
Compute
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AWS Local Zones
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Type of infrastructure deployment that places select AWS services closer to end users and workloads
Compute
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AWS Outposts
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Family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location
Compute
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AWS Wavelength
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Infrastructure designed to run workloads that require ultra-low latency over mobile networks
Compute
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Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR)
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A fully managed container registry offering high-performance hosting
Containers
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Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS)
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A simple, fully managed container orchestration service to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications
Containers
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Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
A flexible, fully managed container orchestration tool using Kubernetes
| Containers
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AWS Billing Conductor
A customizable billing service, allowing you to customize your billing data to match desired showback or chargeback business logic
| Cloud Financial Management
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AWS Budgets
A service to monitor AWS spend and be alerted when a desired spending limit is exceeded or forecasted to be exceeded
| Cloud Financial Management
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AWS Cost and Usage Report
Service to create AWS billing reports and publish reports to an S3 bucket
| Cloud Financial Management
29
AWS Cost Explorer
A tool that enables you to view and analyze cost and usage of AWS resources
| Cloud Financial Management
30
AWS Marketplace
A curated digital catalog used to find, test, buy, and deploy third-party software
| Cloud Financial Management
31
AWS Pricing Calculator
Tool to explore and estimate costs for AWS services
| Cloud Financial Management
32
AWS Activate for Startups
Service to provide startups with resources they need to build, launch, and scale on AWS
| Customer Engagement
33
AWS IQ
A service that enables customers to quickly find, engage, and pay AWS Certified third-party experts for on-demand partner work
| Customer Engagement
34
AWS Managed Services (AMS)
Service that provides ongoing management of AWS infrastructure
| Customer Engagement
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AWS Support
Service that provides support from experienced technical support engineers
| Customer Engagement
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Amazon Aurora
Most managed serverless relational database service - data replicated across facilities, can deploy up to 15 read replicas and continuously back up to S3
| Database
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Amazon DynamoDB
Service for serverless, non-relational, massively scalable databases
| Database
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Amazon MemoryDB for Redis
A Redis-compatible, durable, in-memory database service that delivers ultra-fast performance
| Database
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Amazon Neptune
A fast, fully managed database service powering graph use cases, such as identity graphs, knowledge graphs, and fraud detection
| Database
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Amazon RDS
A service that simplifies setting up, operating, and scaling a relational database in the AWS Cloud
| Database
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AWS AppConfig
Service that simplifies the administration of applications at scale by deploying configuration changes from a central location (e.g. Systems Manager Parameter Store, Amazon S3)
| Developer Tools
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AWS CLI
A tool used to interact with AWS services using commands in a command line shell
| Developer Tools
43
AWS Cloud9
AWS's cloud-based in-browser IDE
| Developer Tools
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AWS CloudShell
A browser-based shell that makes it easier to securely interact with AWS CLI (pre-authenticated with console credentials)
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodeArtifact
A fully managed artifact repository service that makes it easy for organizations to securely store, publish, and share software packages
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodeBuild
A fully managed service that compiles source code, runs unit tests, and produces artifacts
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodeCommit
A secure, highly scalable, managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodeDeploy
A service that automates code deployments to any instance, including Amazon EC2 instances and instances running on-premises
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodePipeline
A continuous delivery service used to model, visualize, and automate the steps required to release software
| Developer Tools
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AWS CodeStar
A cloud-based development service that provides the tools needed to quickly develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS
| Developer Tools
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AWS X-Ray
A service that collects data about requests that an application serves and provides tools that can be used to view, filter, and gain insights into that data
| Developer Tools
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Amazon AppStream 2.0
A fully managed application streaming service that provides users instant access to their desktop applications from anywhere - moves a company's applications from their users' physical devices to the AWS Cloud
| End User Computing
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Amazon WorkSpaces
A fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud
| End User Computing
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Amazon WorkSpaces Web
A fully managed Linux-based service designed to facilitate secure browser access to internal websites and SaaS applications
| End User Computing
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AWS Amplify
A set of purpose-built tools and features that enable frontend web and mobile developers to quickly and easily build full-stack applications
| Frontend Web and Mobile
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AWS AppSync
A service that enables developers to connect their applications and services to data and events with secure, serverless and high-performing GraphQL and Pub/Sub APIs
| Frontend Web and Mobile
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AWS Device Farm
An app testing service that is used to test and interact with Android, iOS, and web apps on real, physical phones and tablets that are hosted by AWS
| Frontend Web and Mobile
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AWS IoT Core
A managed service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices - supports billions of devices and trillions of messages
| Internet of Things (IoT)
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AWS IoT Greengrass
An IoT open source edge runtime and cloud service that helps build, deploy, and manage device software
| Internet of Things (IoT)
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Amazon Comprehend
A natural language processing (NLP) service that uses machine learning to uncover valuable insights and connections in text
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Kendra
An intelligent search service that uses natural language processing and machine learning to return specific answers to search questions from your data
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Lex
A service that enables you to easily publish your voice or text chatbots for use on mobile devices, web apps, and chat services
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Polly
A service that converts text into lifelike speech
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Rekognition
Service that enables you to analyze and filter images based on image properties, e.g. quality or colors
| Machine Learning
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Amazon SageMaker
A fully managed service used to quickly build, train, and deploy ML models into hosted environments
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Textract
A service that automatically extracts text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents - goes beyond simple OCR to identify, understand, and extract data from forms and tables
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Transcribe
An AI service that converts speech to text
| Machine Learning
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Amazon Translate
A text translation service that uses ML to provide high-quality translation on demand
| Machine Learning
69
AWS Auto Scaling
A service that monitors applications and automatically adjusts capacity to maintain steady, predictable performance at the lowest possible cost
| Management and Governance
70
AWS CloudFormation
An infrastructure as code (IaC) service that allows for easy modeling, provisioning, and managing of AWS and third-party resources
| Management and Governance
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AWS CloudTrail
A service that provides visibility into user activity by recording actions taken on your AWS account - records who made request, services used, actions performed, parameters for actions, and response elements returned by AWS service
| Management and Governance
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Amazon CloudWatch
A monitoring and management service that provides data and actionable insignts for AWS, on-premises, hybrid, and other cloud applications and infrastructure resources
| Management and Governance
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AWS Compute Optimizer
A service that analyzes the configuration and utilization metrics of your AWS resources
| Management and Governance
74
AWS Config
A fully managed service that provides you with resource inventory, configuration history, and configuration change notifications for security and governance
| Management and Governance
75
AWS Control Tower
A service used to set up and govern an AWS multi-account environment - extends the capabilities of AWS Organizations
| Management and Governance
76
AWS Health Dashboard
Service used to view the health of all AWS services
| Management and Governance
77
AWS Launch Wizard
A complete solution to provision popular third-party applications on AWS - currently supports SQL Server application deployments across multiple Availability Zones or on a single instance
| Management and Governance
78
AWS License Manager
A service that simplifies managing software licenses from software vendors centrally across AWS and on-premises environments
| Management and Governance
79
AWS Management Console
A web application that comprises and refers to a broad collection of service consoles for managing AWS resources
| Management and Governance
80
AWS Organizations
An account management service that lets you consolidate multiple AWS accounts into an organization that you create and centrally manage
| Management and Governance
81
AWS Resource Groups
A service that lets you manage and automate tasks on large numbers of resources at one time
| Management and Governance
82
AWS Tag Editor
A service that allows you to add and edit tags to multiple supported resources at once
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AWS Service Catalog
A service that enables organizations to create and manage catalogs of IT services that are approved for AWS (e.g. VM images, servers, software, databases)
| Management and Governance
84
AWS Systems Manager
A management service that helps you automatically collect software inventory, apply OS patches, create system images, and configure Windows and Linux operating systems
| Management and Governance
85
AWS Trusted Advisor
A service that helps reduce cost, increase performance, and improve security by optimizing your AWS environment and providing guidance to help provision resources following AWS best practices
| Management and Governance
86
AWS Well-Architected Tool
A service that provides a consistent process for measuring your architecture using AWS best practices
| Management and Governance
87
AWS Application Discovery Service
A service used to plan for migration to the AWS cloud that collects both server and database configuration information, e.g. hostnames, IP addresses, MAC address, and utilization details of CPU, network, memory, and disk
| Migration and Transfer
88
AWS Application Migration Service
A highly automated lift-and-shift (rehost)
| Migration and Transfer
89
AWS Database Migration Service (DMS)
A cloud service that makes it possible to migrate relational databases, data warehouses, NoSQL databases, and other types of data stores
| Migration and Transfer
90
AWS Migration Hub
A service that provides a single place to discover your existing servers, plan migrations, and track the status of each application migration
| Migration and Transfer
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AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT)
A service that provides a project-based user interface to automatically convert the database schema of your source database into a format compatible with your target Amazon RDS instance
| Migration and Transfer
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AWS Snow Family
Data migration devices used to move data to AWS (Snowcone - 8 TB, Snowball Edge - 80 TB, Snowmobile - 100 PB)
| Migration and Transfer
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AWS Transfer Family
A service that offers fully managed support for the transfer of files over SFTP, AS2, FTPS, and FTP directly into and out of Amazon S3 or Amazon EFS
| Migration and Transfer
94
Amazon API Gateway
A fully managed service that makes it easy for developers to create, publish, maintain, monitor, and secure REST, HTTP, and WebSocket APIs at any scale
| Networking and Content Delivery
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Amazon CloudFront
A content delivery network (CDN) that speeds up distribution of static and dynamic web content, such as .html, .css, .js, and image files using edge locations
| Networking and Content Delivery
96
AWS Direct Connect
A service that lets you establish a completely private, dedicated fiber connection from your data center to AWS
| Networking and Content Delivery
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AWS Global Accelerator
A networking service that lets you create accelerators to improve availability, performance, and security of public applications
| Networking and Content Delivery
98
Amazon Route 53
AWS's DNS service
| Networking and Content Delivery
99
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
A logically isolated virtual network that closely resembles a traditional network you would operate in your own data center
| Networking and Content Delivery
100
AWS VPN
A fully managed, elastic VPN service that automatically scales up or down based on user demand
| Networking and Content Delivery
101
AWS Artifact
A self-service audit artifact retrieval portal that provides on-demand access to AWS' compliance documentation and AWS agreements
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
102
AWS Audit Manager
An evidence management service that tracks the chain custody of evidence, enables teamwork collaboration, and helps to manage evidence security and integrity
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
103
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
A service that lets you easily provision, manage, and deploy public and private Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) certificates for use with AWS services and your internal connected resources
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
104
AWS CloudHSM
A cryptographic service for creating and maintaining hardware security modules (HSMs) in your AWS environment
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
105
Amazon Cognito
An identity platform for web and mobile apps - it’s a user directory, an authentication server, and an authorization service for OAuth 2.0 access tokens and AWS credentials
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
106
Amazon Detective
A service that helps you analyze, investigate, and quickly identify the root cause of security findings or suspicious activities - automatically collects logs from AWS resources
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
107
AWS Directory Service
A service that provides multiple ways to use Microsoft Active Directory (AD) with other AWS services
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
108
AWS Firewall Manager
A security management service which allows you to centrally configure and manage firewall rules across your accounts and applications in AWS Organization
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
109
Amazon GuardDuty
A threat detection service that continuously monitors your AWS accounts and workloads for malicious activity and delivers detailed security findings for visibility and remediation
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
110
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
A service used to specify who or what can access services and resources in AWS, centrally manage fine-grained permissions, and analyze access to refine permissions across AWS
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
111
AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On)
A service where you can assign workforce users, also known as workforce identities, consistent access to multiple AWS accounts and applications
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
112
Amazon Inspector
An automated vulnerability management service that continually scans AWS workloads for software vulnerabilities and unintended network exposure
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
113
AWS Key Management Service (KMS)
A managed service that makes it easy for you to create and control the cryptographic keys that are used to protect your data
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
114
Amazon Macie
A data security service that discovers sensitive data using machine learning and pattern matching, provides visibility into data security risks, and enables automated protection against those risks
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
115
AWS Network Firewall
A stateful, managed, network firewall and intrusion detection and prevention service for your virtual private cloud (VPC)
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
116
AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
A service that helps you securely share your resources across AWS accounts, within your organization or organizational units (OUs) in AWS Organizations, and with IAM roles and IAM users for supported resource types
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
117
AWS Secrets Manager
A secrets management service that helps you protect access to your applications, services, and IT resources - enables you to easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
118
AWS Security Hub
A cloud security posture management (CSPM) service that streamlines security operations with automated, continuous, security best practice checks against your AWS resources to help you identify misconfigurations
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
119
AWS Shield
A managed distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards applications running on AWS
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
120
AWS WAF
A web application firewall that helps protect web applications from attacks by allowing you to configure rules that allow, block, or monitor (count) web requests based on conditions that you define
| Security, Identity, and Compliance
121
AWS Fargate
A serverless compute engine for containers that works with both ECS and EKS - eliminates managing servers
| Serverless
122
AWS Lambda
A serverless compute service that lets you run code without provisioning or managing servers
| Serverless
123
AWS Backup
A service that provides a backup console, public APIs, and a command line interface to centrally manage backups across the AWS storage, compute, database, and hybrid services your applications run on
| Storage
124
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
A service that provides block level storage volumes for use with EC2 instances
| Storage
125
Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
A service that provides serverless, fully elastic file storage
| Storage
126
AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
A service that automatically converts your servers to boot and run natively on AWS when you launch instances for drills or recovery
| Storage
127
Amazon FSx
A service that provides fully managed Microsoft Windows file servers, backed by a fully native Windows file system
| Storage
128
Amazon S3
An object storage service that offers industry-leading scalability, data availability, security, and performance
| Storage
129
Amazon S3 Glacier
An archival storage service in S3 that is secure and durable, used for low-cost data archiving and long-term backup using vaults
| Storage
130
AWS Storage Gateway
A hybrid cloud storage service that gives you on-premises access to virtually unlimited cloud storage - provides a standard set of storage protocols such as iSCSI, SMB, and NFS, which allow you to use AWS storage without rewriting your existing applications
| Storage
131
AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)
A framework that leverages AWS experience and best practices to help you digitally transform and accelerate your business outcomes through innovative use of AWS - identifies specific organizational capabilities that underpin successful cloud transformations
| Technologies / Concepts
132
AWS Compliance
A service that empowers customers to understand the robust controls in place at AWS to maintain security and data protection in the AWS Cloud
| Technologies / Concepts
133
AWS Knowledge Center
Articles and videos addressing frequent questions and requests from AWS customers
| Technologies / Concepts
134
AWS Partner Network
A global community that leverages AWS technologies, programs, expertise, and tools to build solutions and services for customers
| Technologies / Concepts
135
AWS Prescriptive Guidance
A service that provides time-tested strategies, guides, and patterns to help accelerate your cloud migration, modernization, and optimization projects
| Technologies / Concepts
136
AWS Professional Services
A team of experts that provides AWS customers with high-touch assistance, leading them through the change to a cloud-based IT operating model built on AWS
| Technologies / Concepts
137
AWS re:Post
An AWS-managed cloud knowledge forum to ask questions about designing, building, deploying, and operating workloads on AWS
| Technologies / Concepts
138
AWS Security Blog
A blog that features information for customers interested in AWS security and compliance
| Technologies / Concepts
139
AWS Security Center
A central location from which you can obtain the latest versions of our security whitepaper, receive security updates and where you can report any security concerns
| Technologies / Concepts
