Security is a shared responsibility between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and customers. Customers have asked for ways to secure their backups in AWS. Because security practices constantly evolve to mitigate new risks, it’s important that you conduct regular risk assessments to determine the applicability of security controls, and implement multiple layers of controls to mitigate risks to your data.
This document will guide you through a curated list of the top 10 security best practices for securing your backup data and operations in AWS. While this guide focuses on backup data and operations using the AWS Backup service, these recommended security best practices can be used with other backup solutions, such as backup tools from the AWS Marketplace.
