Breaking the Security vs. Speed Trade-off with AWS Config

Getting AWS Platforms just right is hard. You want to set tight permission policies, but developers still need to be able to do their job. You want to have an environment that is both secure and reliable, ensuring compliance while also giving developers the freedom to experiment and innovate. AWS Config is often the missing puzzle piece to solve this paradox.

In this talk, I will demonstrate you can create synergy between providing Infrastructure as Code templates to support your developers, granting the right amount of permissions to enable them to do their job, and finally utilizing AWS Config to ensure everything remains within security constraints. I will provide a practical demonstration on how to use AWS Config and create your own custom AWS Config Rules to address your specific use cases.

AWS Config has helped me automate compliance reporting across three companies, enabling us to pass audits at the ISO, SOC2, and HIPAA levels. At the end of the talk, you will know how AWS Config can help your organization, create a complete compliance report, and create custom config rules.