I'm planning to have Oracle on AWS.
Is Oracle RDS HIPAA compliant? How can I make it HIPAA compliant?
The answer just recently changed. RDS is now HIPAA compliant, per their documentation/FAQ:
What Services Can I Use in My AWS Account if I Have a BAA with AWS?
Customers may use any AWS service in an account designated as a HIPAA account, but they should only process, store and transmit PHI in the HIPAA-eligible services defined in the BAA. There are nine HIPAA-eligible services today, including Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EBS, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR), Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), Amazon Glacier, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) [MySQL and Oracle engines], Amazon Redshift, and Amazon S3.
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There is no AWS offical documentation that says RDS can be made HIPAA compliant. Instead EC2, S3 and EBS are known services. The way to get HIPAA compliant for your AWS services follow this:
Customers must identify to AWS each account to be covered by the BAA
as a 'HIPAA Account'.
Customers may process, store or transmit PHI only on EC2, S3 and EBS.
Customers must use Dedicated instances for PHI data -
http://aws.amazon.com/dedicated-instances/
Customers must use VPC
Customers must encrypt all PHI in accordance with certain minimum
encryption standards
Customers may use any AWS service in their 'HIPAA Account' for data
that is not PHI
So, to get a BAA agreement from AWS you'll need dedicated instances running in a VPC, not the "classic" EC2. (Pricing for dedicated instances has come down a lot since the very beginning.)
I cannot comment about RDS for sure. What I know RDS can be made quite secure, using SSL over port 443.
What I suggest that If you are an authorized AWS customer, speak to AWS customer care executive as they are the best to validate my answer.
Thanks
Quoting the whitepaper released by Amazon Web Services on December 2015 (link mentioned below )
Amazon RDS for Oracle and Amazon RDS for Mysql are available for use under HIPAA standards once you sign an Business associate agreement and your account is designated as an "HIPAA account"
Link to the white paper - https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/compliance/AWS_HIPAA_Compliance_Whitepaper.pdf
Amazon RDS is an AWS HIPAA-Eligible Service meaning that it can be used with
In order to be HIPAA compliant in AWS, your team must do the following:
Sign a Business Associates Agreement (BAA) with AWS. This agreement outlines the HIPAA security responsibilities shared between the cloud provider and the cloud customer
Adopt appropriate administrative policies and procedures
Implement all necessary security configuration for individual cloud services, such as RDS, EC2, and S3. Security standards include configuring safeguards around encryption, backup and disaster recovery, and access control.
You can take a look at this guide to utilizing Amazon RDS in a HIPAA compliant manner.
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I am about to launch a webapp based on subscription. FYI, the web application manages health care data, and my customers are concerned about the security of data in the cloud.
Is there any certificate, or any official information I can give to my customers on the behalf of AWS proving that the data in any storage used by my application will be encrypted?
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From What is AWS Artifact?:
AWS Artifact provides on-demand downloads of AWS security and compliance documents, such as AWS ISO certifications, Payment Card Industry (PCI), and Service Organization Control (SOC) reports. You can submit the security and compliance documents (also known as audit artifacts) to your auditors or regulators to demonstrate the security and compliance of the AWS infrastructure and services that you use. You can also use these documents as guidelines to evaluate your own cloud architecture and assess the effectiveness of your company's internal controls. AWS Artifact provides documents about AWS only. AWS customers are responsible for developing or obtaining documents that demonstrate the security and compliance of their companies.
It explains what AWS does. However, you would also need to prove that you are using the cloud correctly, such as verifying user's identities and not making buckets public.
NO, there is no such a document, you need to apply and obtain this certificate.
AWS is complaint, for there part Security of the cloud, and you are responsible for the Security in the cloud. AWS Artifact is a repository.
AWS Config is the tool you will use to monitor the configuration of
your stack, can repair configurations also.
AWS Cloudwach will monitor the performance, brings you alerts and evoke Lambda
AWS Cloud Trail will monitor the API calls.
AWS Macy to check your buckets for Personal Identifiable information.
Then you are the one who enable encryption and choose the Key management and rotation, AWS KMS.
Just to mention few services to be aware of. Best regards.
I am trying to understand the key management services in AWS (Amazon Web Services) and I can see that Amazon recommends more AWS Key Management Service (KMS) over Cloud Hardware Security Module (Cloud HSM). But I am having a hard time finding the key differences between the two, KMS vs Cloud-HSM.
Can someone please list a few key differences or a comparison of the two technologies?
Feature
AWS Cloud HSM
AWS KMS
Tenancy
Single-Tenant
Multi-Tenant
High Availability: How to achieve?
Create multiple HSMs (manually) over different AZs
Managed (automatically) by AWS
Scaling/Performance Responsibility
Your responsibility
AWS
Key access: Who controls it?
You
You+AWS
Keys: How to use?
Customer code + Safenet APIs
AWS Management Console
Keys: Where to use?
AWS & Your Network (VPN)
AWS
AWS Services Integration
A small set of services (Redshift, Oracle RDS etc.)
Most services fully integrated
Access & Authentication Policy
Quorom based K of N
AWS IAM Policy
Price
$$
$
FIPS 140-2 Compliance
Level 3
Level 2 overall (Level 3 in some areas)
Source: AWS official documentation + multiple courses I took for the AWS exams + practical experience.
Developers describe AWS CloudHSM as "Dedicated Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliances within the AWS cloud". The AWS CloudHSM service allows you to protect your encryption keys within HSMs designed and validated to government standards for secure key management. You can securely generate, store, and manage the cryptographic keys used for data encryption such that they are accessible only by you. AWS CloudHSM helps you comply with strict key management requirements without sacrificing application performance.
On the other hand, AWS Key Management Service is detailed as "Easily create and control the encryption keys used to encrypt your data".
AWS Key Management Service (KMS) is a managed service that makes it easy for you to create and control the encryption keys used to encrypt your data, and uses Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) to protect the security of your keys. AWS Key Management Service is integrated with other AWS services including Amazon EBS, Amazon S3, and Amazon Redshift. AWS Key Management Service is also integrated with AWS CloudTrail to provide you with logs of all key usage to help meet your regulatory and compliance needs.
AWS CloudHSM and AWS Key Management Service can be categorized as "Data Security Services" tools.
Some of the features offered by AWS CloudHSM are:
1]Protect and store your cryptographic keys with industry standard, tamper-resistant HSM appliances. No one but you has access to your keys (including Amazon administrators who manage and maintain the appliance).
2]Use your most sensitive and regulated data on Amazon EC2 without giving applications direct access to your data's encryption keys.
3]Store and access data reliably from your applications that demand highly available and durable key storage and cryptographic operations.
On the other hand, AWS Key Management Service provides the following key features:
1]Centralized Key Management
2]Integrated with AWS services
3]Encryption for all your applications
The AWS KMS custom key store feature combines the controls provided by AWS CloudHSM with the integration and ease of use of AWS KMS
Q: Why would I need to use a custom key store?
Since you control your AWS CloudHSM cluster, you have the option to manage the lifecycle of your CMKs independently of AWS KMS
From official documentation, it seems that KMS is a basic feature, and you can get a senior feature by expanding with CloudHSM.
We are planning to offer an AMI that will be loaded onto an EC2 machine that the customers buy.
We want to ensure that our binary and data in the AMI are protected from tampering. Also protect our binary from being downloaded. How can we do this? Can we prevent root access to the EC2 machine? Can we prevent all login (SSH) access to the machine? Will the owner of the EC2 machine (the customer) be able to subvert the protection steps?
From AMI security policies - AWS Marketplace:
AMIs must allow OS-level administration capabilities to allow for compliance requirements, vulnerability updates, and log file access. Linux-based AMIs use SSH, and Windows-based AMIs use RDP.
Therefore, it appears that you are not allowed to prevent login and administrative access.
If it is important to you to prevent access to the contents, then it might be better to sell your system as a "service" rather than as an AMI.
From AWS Marketplace: SaaS - PrivateLink:
You can now discover, purchase, and provision AWS PrivateLink Enabled SaaS products through AWS Marketplace. AWS PrivateLink enables you to securely pass data directly to a SaaS application without ever leaving the AWS Network.
See: Enabling New SaaS Strategies with AWS PrivateLink | AWS Partner Network (APN) Blog
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Starting with AWS seems to be a pain in the neck. I've already spent countless hours trying to squeeze out some information about what does what in their ocean of products and brand names. But there are no simple answers. First I have to read through countless pages congratulating me on choosing AWS and confirming how easily I'll be able to begin. Then I have to watch a dozen videos in which some deputy chief architect manager of whatever department explains how excited they are to see me. Yeah, thanks, but will you finally tell what does this crap do?! I don't have all the world's time.
Is there a list somewhere a clear and concise lists of AWS services and products without all the inspirational corporate bullshit, something like this one (entirely fictional):
Daffodil: User management service which can be embedded in your codebase.
Trainwreck: Geospatial database API.
Footsmell: Industrial automation API to control robots and drones.
Wristwatch: Thesaurus and grammar checker.
If there was a similar one for Google's services, the better.
This is a slightly old list from March 2017:
Compute
Amazon EC2: Virtual Servers in the Cloud
Amazon EC2 Container Service: Run and Manage Docker Containers
Amazon EC2 Container Registry: Store and Retrieve Docker Containers
Auto Scaling: Automatic Elasticity
AWS Elastic Beanstalk: Run and Manage Web Apps
Amazon LightSail: Launch and Manage Virtual Private Servers
AWS Lambda: Run your code in response to events
AWS Batch: Run Batch Jobs at any Scale
Storage
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service): Scalable Storage in the Cloud
Amazon Glacier: Low-Cost Archive Storage in the Cloud
Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store): Block Storage for EC2
Amazon EFS (Elastic File System): Managed File Storage for EC2
AWS Storage Gateway: Hybrid Storage Integration
Database
Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service): Managed Relational Database Service
Amazon Aurora: High Performance Managed Relational Database
Amazon DynamoDB: Managed NoSQL Database
Amazon Redshift: Fast, Simple, Cost-Effective Data Warehousing
Amazon ElastiCache: In-Memory Caching System
Migration
Snowball: Petabyte-scale Data Transport
AWS Application Discovery Service: Discover On-Premises Apps
AWS Database Migration Service: Migrate Databases with Minimal Downtime
AWS Server Migration Service: Migrate On-Premises Servers to AWS
Networking & Content Delivery
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Isolate Cloud Resources
AWS Direct Connect: Dedicated Network Connection to AWS
Amazon Route 53: Scalable Domain Name Service
Elastic Load Balancing: High Scale Load Balancing
Amazon CloudFront: Global Content Delivery Network
Developer Tools
AWS CodeCommit: Store Code in Private Git Repositories
AWS CodeBuild: Build and Test Code
AWS CodeDeploy: Automate Code Deployment
AWS CodePipeline: Release Software using Continuous Delivery
AWS X-Ray: Analyze and Debug Your Applications
AWS Command-Line Interface: Unified Tool to Manage AWS Services
Management Tools
AWS CloudFormation: Create and Manage Resources with Templates
AWS Service Catalog: Create and Use Standardized Products
Amazon CloudWatch: Monitor Resources and Applications
AWS CloudTrail: Track User Activity and API Usage
AWS Config: Track Resource Inventory and Changes
AWS OpsWorks: Automate Operations with Chef
Amazon EC2 Systems Manager: Configure EC2 Instances and On-Premises Servers
AWS Trusted Advisor: Optimize Performance and Security
AWS Personal Health Dashboard: Personalized View of AWS service health
Security, Identity & Compliance
AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM): Manage User Access and Encryption Keys
AWS Organizations: Policy-Based Management for Multiple AWS Accounts
AWS Directory Service: Host and Manage Active Directory
AWS Cloud Directory: Create flexible cloud-native directories
AWS Key Management Service (KMS): Creation and Control of Encryption Keys
AWS CloudHSM: Hardware-based Key Storage
AWS Certificate Manager: Provision and Deploy SSL/TLS Certificates
Amazon Inspector: Analyze Application Security
AWS Shield: Managed DDoS Protection
AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF): Filter Malicious Web Traffic
Analytics
Amazon Athena: Query Data in S3 using SQL
Amazon EMR: Hosted Hadoop Framework
Amazon CloudSearch: Managed Search Service
Amazon Elasticsearch Service: Run and Scale Elasticsearch Clusters
Amazon Kinesis: Work with Real-Time Streaming Data
Amazon QuickSight: Fast Business Analytics Service
AWS Data Pipeline: Orchestration Service for periodic Data-Driven Workflows
AWS Glue: Prepare and Load Data
Artificial Intelligence
Amazon Machine Learning: Machine Learning for Developers
Amazon Polly: Turn Text into Lifelike Speech
Amazon Rekognition: Search and Analyze Images
Amazon Lex: Build Voice and Text Chatbots
Mobile Services
Amazon Cognito: User Identity and App Data Synchronization
AWS Device Farm: Test Mobile Apps on Real Devices in the Cloud
AWS Mobile Hub & Mobile SDK: Build, Test and Monitor Mobile Apps
Application Services
Amazon API Gateway: Build, Deploy and Manage APIs
AWS Step Functions: Coordinate Distributed Applications
Amazon Elastic Transcoder: Easy-to-Use Scalable Media Transcoding
Messaging
Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS): Message Queue Service
Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS): Push Notification Service
Amazon Simple Email Service (SES): Email Sending and Receiving Service
Amazon Pinpoint: Push Notifications for Mobile Apps
Business Productivity
Amazon Chime: Frustration-free meetings, video calls and chats
Amazon WorkDocs: Enterprise Storage and Sharing Service
Amazon WorkMail: Managed Business Email and Calendaring
Desktop & App Streaming
Amazon WorkSpaces: Desktop Computing Service
Amazon AppStream 2.0: Stream desktop applications to a browser
Internet of Things
AWS IoT Platform: Connect Devices to the Cloud
AWS Greengrass: Local Compute, Messaging, Sync for Devices
AWS IoT Button: Cloud Programmable Dash Button
Game Dev
Amazon GameLift: Dedicated Game Server Hosting
Amazon Lumberyard: Free Cross-Platform 3D game engine
There's even more these days!
It's a fair point, and with so many Amazon Web Service (AWS) services, not an easy one to sum up in a few words.
I'd say start here for a summary of the main services: https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-overview.pdf
Then I think the Tech Essentials training video from acloud.guru (with 7 day free trial) is a good video to get you going: https://acloud.guru/learn/aws-technical-essentials
Google Cloud Platform is a bit more accessible IMO, their main product page gives a brief description of the products:
https://cloud.google.com/products/
Some context to the services: https://cloud.google.com/docs/overview/cloud-platform-services
And again acloud.guru have an introductory video for CDP: https://acloud.guru/learn/gcp-101
and I might as well complete the trifactor…
Microsoft Azure is a very worthy contender,
High level services: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-gb/services/
Intro Video: https://acloud.guru/learn/intro-to-azure
If you want one liners like you mentioned in your questions then click here
On that page click on the category of the service and it will list out services in that category and one line description.
E.g. Click 'Compute' to see the list of provided compute services, click 'Storage' to list if provided storage services and so on
If you want somewhat detailed explanation, click here
Here also services are grouped in categories, and you click on one of categories and you get to see the services (along with some brief explanation about each of the service) within that category
The documentation page of each product gives explanation in a simple way. Moreover, if you read the FAQ that explains things from scratch.
Does AWS Java SDK have an api that could help me to retrieve list of resources (vpc, dynamodb, volumes, ec2 etc...) for a given AWS account number?
I have gone through AWS Java SDK docs at a higher level but everything is related to one specific AWS client for a given resource.
I would like to have an abstract AWS client so that it could provide me just couple attributes of associated AWS resources to an aws account.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!!
All AWS API calls are related to specific services. For example, you can request a list of Amazon VPCs, a list of Amazon DynamoDB tables, a list of Amazon EBS volumes -- but each would require a different API call.
Another option would be to use AWS Config:
AWS Config provides a detailed view of the configuration of AWS resources in your AWS account. This includes how the resources are related to one another and how they were configured in the past so that you can see how the configurations and relationships change over time.
AWS Config can deliver a Configuration Snapshot into an Amazon S3 bucket at regular intervals (eg daily). This snapshot (example) is a JSON file that contains information about VPCs, Amazon EC2 instances and related resources.
However, the configuration snapshot only contains information related to a limited number of services, such as EC2, VPC, Amazon Redshift, Amazon RDS and Amazon S3. (See Supported AWS Resource Types)