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AWS Certified Security – Specialty SCS-C03 · Domain 3: Infrastructure Security

Securing compute: Session Manager instead of SSH, IMDSv2, patching with Patch Manager and hardened images

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Compute security on AWS means reducing how people and attackers reach instances, protecting credentials on them, and keeping software current. Systems Manager provides most of the tools.

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