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Example solutions demonstrating how to implement the AWS Security Reference Architecture using AWS Control Tower, AWS Landing Zone, and CloudFormation

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AWS Security Reference Architecture Examples

This repository contains AWS CloudFormation templates to help developers and engineers deploy AWS security-related services in a multi-account environment following patterns that align with AWS recommendations.

The AWS service configurations and resources (e.g. IAM roles and policies) deployed by these templates are deliberately very restrictive. They are intended to illustrate an implementation path rather than provide a complete solution. You will need to modify and tailor these templates to suit your individual environment and security needs.

The examples within this repository have been deployed and tested using the corresponding deployment platform (e.g. AWS Landing Zone, AWS Control Tower, AWS CloudFormation StackSets).

Example Solutions

Extras

Repository and Solution Naming Convention

The repository is organized by AWS service solutions, which include deployment platforms (e.g., AWS Control Tower, AWS Landing Zone, and AWS CloudFormation StackSet).

Example:

.
|-- solutions
    |-- guardduty
        |-- guardduty-org
            |-- aws-control-tower/
                |-- parameters/
                |-- manifest.yaml
            |-- aws-landing-zone/
                |-- parameters/
                    |-- guardduty-org-configuration.json
                    |-- ...
                |-- add_on_manifest.yaml
                |-- user-input.yaml
           |-- code/src/
               |-- app.py
               |-- requirements.txt
           |-- templates/
               |-- guardduty-org-configuration.yaml
               |-- ...
    |-- ...

The example solutions within this repository can be managed/deployed to accounts using AWS Organizations or directly within individual accounts. The suffix on the solution name identifies how the solution is managed/deployed.

Solution Suffix Description
acct The solution is managed/deployed within each account
org The solution is managed/deployed to accounts via AWS Organizations
ou The solution is managed/deployed to accounts via Organization Units

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. How were these particular solutions chosen?
A. All the examples in this repository are derived from common patterns that many customers ask us to help them deploy within their environments. We will be adding to the examples over time.

Q. How were these solutions created?
A. We’ve collected, cataloged, and curated our multi-account security solution knowledge based on working with a variety of AWS customers.

Q. Who is the audience for these AWS Security Reference Architecture examples?
A. Security professionals that are looking for illustrative examples of deploying security patterns in AWS. These code samples provide a starting point from which you can build and tailor infrastructure for your needs.

Q. Why didn't the solutions use inline Lambda functions within the CloudFormation templates?
A. Reasons:

Q. I have ideas to improve this repository. What should I do?
A. Please create an issue or submit a pull request.

Contributors

Contributors

License Summary

The documentation is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. See the LICENSE file.

The sample code within this documentation is made available under the MIT-0 license. See the LICENSE-SAMPLECODE file.