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VPN (vitual private network)

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Extends on-premises network to the cloud and securly access them from anywhere

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Golbal Accelerator

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Improve global application availability and performance using the AWS global network

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Direct Connect

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links on-premise network to AWS network

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API Gateway

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regional service for serverless applications

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CloudFront

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origin data is cached at edge locations for faster user access

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FSx

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“launch and run file systems(works well with windows)

*lustre and windows”

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WorkSpace

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Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS)

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WorkDocs

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cloud file sharing system in AWS

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EFS

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“elastic file system
NFS file system for multi EC2
*trouble with windows”

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SDK (software development kit)

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“Code and API for AWS integration in other languages

““Range”” header for concurrent GET”

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ASG (auto scaling groups)

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“manages a collection of EC2 instances

*target(metric)-simple(alarm)-step(betterSimple)”

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ECS (Elastic Container Service)

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“Manages containers

*IAM to each container instance”

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VPC (virtual private cloud)

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private cloud network in AWS

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S3 OAI (origin access identity)

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option to restrict bucket access to origin not bucket url

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VPC peering

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component to connect VPCs cross account and regional

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DynamoDB

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NoSQL DB

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VPC endpoint

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component to keep VPC AWS-AWS routes within the VPC

*VPC instance and VPC Gateway

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RDS Read Replica

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Cached replica of DB at edge locatoin can be promoted to standalone

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Organizations

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“central governance and management many accounts

*remove all members->delete old org->invite old master to be new member”

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Organization share resources

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option to share resources with other accounts in org

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DMS (data migration service)

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Schema conversion tool to S3 then upload to coorilated service

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DataSync

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from on-premesis to AWS service

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IAM (identity and access management)

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“define access to services and resources

*users-roles-groups”

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CodeBuild

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CI integration service

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CodeDeploy

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CD integration service

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26
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CloudFormation

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“Ifrastructure as Code

*archive and automation”

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27
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Beanstalk

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Starter service bundle

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28
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KMS key management service

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create manage and use encryption keys

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29
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Certificate manager

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Generates SSL certificates for traffic in transit

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30
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STS (simple token service)

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Gain secure access to an EC2 instance

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31
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IAM Access Key

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Long term credientials for security level in IAM users

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32
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EBS (elastic block storage)

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persistant storage similar to harddrive

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33
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EBS Snapshot

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Versioning control for EBS

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34
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S3 (simple storage solution)

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Object based storage

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35
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Snow Family Services

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Large data transfer va physical device

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36
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Cognito

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Decentralized Managed Authentication

37
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Route53

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DNS (Domain name service) with AWS synergies

38
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EC2 (Elastic compute cloud)

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Rent virtual computers on which you can run applications

39
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ELB (Elastic load balancer)

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balances traffic across multiple AZ

40
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Simple System Manager

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Instead of SSH

41
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“Not AWS

RTMP(real-time messaging protocol)”

A

deprecated Adobe flash media server cant use cookies

42
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AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

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Online environment and IDE for development

43
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Cloud9

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temporary environment for development

44
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Amazon Machine Images (AMI)

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information to launch EC2 instances

45
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Aurora

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High end/low-cost version RDS for postgress and some other MySQL

46
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Amazon Redshift

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“Fully managed Petabyte-size Data Warhouse

  • Analyze(run complex SQL) on massive amounts of data Columnar Store database
  • single AZ”
47
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CloudWatch

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“A collection of monitoring services for logging reacting and visualizing log data
*CloudWatch Logs is the basis for all other CloudWatch services”

48
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CloudTrail

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“provides event history or your AWS account activity including action taken through the AWS infrastructure
When you need to know who to blame, either user error or system error”

49
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Amazon Athena

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A query service that makes it easier to analyze patabytes of data in S3 with no data warehouse or cluster to manage.

50
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AWS Lambda

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“Run code without provisioning or managing servers. automatically start and stop when needed. Serverless Functions. Pay per invocation.
*Triggered from SDK or other AWS service”

51
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Simple Queue Service (SQS)

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“Fully managed queing service that enables you to decouple and scale microservices distribute systems and serverless applications
*ususally used for simple communications. not real-time. have to pull. Not reactive. usually for connecting applications together”

52
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Simple notification service (SNS)

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“Subscribe and send notifications via text message email webhooks lambdas SQS and mobile notifications
*Pub/Sub: publisher sends to event bus->subscriber get from bus”

53
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ElastiCache

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Managed caching service which either runs Redis or Memchached

54
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Amazon Kinesis

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“Scalable and durable real-time data streaming service to ingest and analyze data in rea-time from multiple sources.
*Real-time sreams (data streams - data firehose - video stream - data analytics)”

55
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Storage Gateway

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“on-premises software with cloud-based storage integration into AWS
File gateway - NFS protocol to S3
Volume gateway - cached forfrequently accessed. Stored for entire
Tape gateway”

56
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SES (simple email service)

57
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VPC Link

A

create private integrations that connect your HTTP API routes to private resources in a VPC

58
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ARN

A

amazon resource name

59
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Fargate

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“A serverless compute engine for containers that works with both:
Elastic Container Service
Elastic Kubernetes Service”

60
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EKS(Elastic Kubernetes Service)

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Fully managed Kubernetes service

61
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ECR(Elastic Container Registry)

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Docker container regisrty that stores built docker images

62
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CodeCommit

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Host private Git repos for code colaberations

63
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Config

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Record and evaluate configurations of your AWS resources

64
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IoT

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Internet of Things services and software

65
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Lex

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Chatbot interface using voice and text

66
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Alexa

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Cloud based voice service

67
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Step Functions

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“A serverless function orchestrator using ASL (Amazon States Language)
You build workflows called state machines each step is called a state each process performed in a state is called a Task”

68
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NAT(network address Translation)

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a method of re-mapping one IP address space into another

69
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EIP(Elastic IP address)

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a static IPv4 address connected with AWS services

70
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*HPC

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High performance computing

71
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Flow Logs

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“capture info about the IP traffic going to and from network interfaces in your VPC
set up at VPC, subnet or network interface level. additionally logs all traffic in lower levels”

72
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Trusted Advisor

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“Tool that provides real time guidance to help provision resources following best practices
makes checks on your AWS services and offers recomendations for optimizing cost security and performance”

73
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VM Import

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“Tools that help import/export images from your environment to an EC2 instance
also tools to bring outisde images in compliance with AWS EC2”

74
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SageMaker

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Managed service for quick Machine Learning building, training an deploying

75
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ParallelCluster

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cluster managment tool for HPC clusters

76
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ParallelClusters EFA

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“Elastic Fabric Adapter
enableable feature of ParallelCluster that guarentees one of the fastest and most scalable settings for HPC Clusters
provides OS-bypass capabilities (kernal-bypass networking) which is only in specific instance types and limited to a single ssubnet
Can only attach to a new instance of an EC2 not a running one”

77
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*ML

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Machine learning

78
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*Redis

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“Remote Dictonary Server

NoSQL db or Key-Value store”

79
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*Memcached

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“Very fast in-memory cache

Key-value Set get and delete”

80
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ALB

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“Application load balancer

can route based on the content of the URL to non-homogeneous servers”

81
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Savings plans

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“a flexable pricing model where you commit to a consistant amount of usage (exp $10/hr)
recieve discounts up to 72% on that usage (flexable version of RI)
any additional usage will be billed at the regual on-demand rates”

82
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Dedicated host

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dedicated hardware to support existing software licenses and improve compliance on AWS

83
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*RDP

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Remote desktop protocol

84
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*Latency

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“In networking this is a combination of the time it takes to:

  • send a request
  • process that request
  • return a response”
85
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*What is IPsec?

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“a group of networking protocols used for setting up secure encrypted connections, such as VPNs, across publicly shared networks
Commonly from on premise data center to AWS”

86
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Data Pipeline

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cloud-based data workflow and orchestration service

87
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*HSM

A

“hardware security module
HSMs are devices that provide direct control of key generation and management
separating key management from the application and database layers”

88
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AWS SMS

A

“Server Migration Service

agentless service for migrating thousands of on-premises workloads to AWS”

89
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*OIDC

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“OpenID connect

auth identity provider supported by Cognito”

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