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As enterprises move applications from traditional data centers to a public or hybrid cloud , their legacy security model also needs to change to support the new environment. For example, in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment, AWS is responsible for securing the data center infrastructure and network, while you maintain responsibility for the security of your application workloads. AWS refers to this concept as the “Shared Responsibility Model.”
As part of the Shared Responsibility model, you are still expected to ensure that your server workloads are all secure and that they meet the compliance requirements of regulations such as PCI DSS, SOC2, HIPAA/HiTECH, and FISMA.
What is Amazon EC2?
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) provides scalable computing capacity in the AWS cloud by eliminating the need to invest in hardware up front, so you can develop and deploy applications faster, by enabling you to:
What are the Risks to a Misconfigured Amazon EC2?
Halo checks, monitors and alerts you to ensure that your AWS EC2 service is properly configured and the necessary security controls are in place:
Halo works across any cloud or virtual infrastructure: public, private, hybrid, multi-cloud or virtualized data center — including bare metal.
Learn more about how Halo Cloud Secure can help you reduce your AWS attack surface. You can read more about our AWS solutions here, or request a customized demo.