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Things to Do as Soon as You Sign Up for AWS

by rgarcia on 1/1/16, 8:20 PM with 9 comments

• by mortar on 1/1/16, 9:33 PM

  Keeping track of your billing would also be advantageous:

  http://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/...

• by wsh91 on 1/1/16, 8:55 PM

  Of course, there's other stuff that you should do, too, like get into the habit of checking Trusted Advisor. :) But nice writeup!

• by joshmn on 1/2/16, 5:01 AM

  Step 1: Complete the 5 steps under "Security Status"

  I'm struggling to see how this "exercise" warrants a blog post when it simply rehashes AWS security practices.

• by helper on 1/1/16, 10:00 PM

  Turn on cloudtrail for all regions.

• by rocketcity on 1/1/16, 10:31 PM

  Always audit your IAM polices using Access advisor.

• by swehner on 1/2/16, 1:30 AM

  Just stay away from Amazon.