AWS Solutions Architect

AWS Well Articulated Framework

documents a set of functional questions to see if a specific architecture aligns with cloud needs, includes strategies and best practices for operating cloud workloads, think of it being foundational to the cloud

Benefits of AWS WAF with build and deploy.

reduces emergency response with better automation, you can experiment and release value more often

Benefits of AWS WAF with lowering and mitigating risks

understanding where you have risks and address them before they distract and impact you

Benefits of AWS WAF with making informed decisions.

Ensure that you have made active architectural decisions that highlight how they might impact your business outcomes.

Benefits of AWS WAF with best practices

Make sure your teams are aware of best practices that we have learned through reviewing thousands of architectures on AWS.

Pillars of WAF

Operational Excellence, Reliability, Security, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability

AWS Design Principle

recommended best practice used with designing deploying and operating systems in AWS

WAF Reliability Principle

recover from failure, test recovery, scale horizontally to increase availbility, stop guessing capacity

WAF Security Principle

implement strong identity management, enable traceability through logging and monitoring, encrpyt data in transit and rest, automate security best practices

AWS Performance Efficiency Principle

use resources dynamically as demand chages, choose the right services and tech, monitor performance and improve continuously

AWS Cost Optimization Principle

pay only for what you use, elimate unused resources, use manage services when possible, measure overall business value

WAF Operational Excellence

perform operations as code, make small changes you can undo, keep refining procedures, learn from operational events

AWS Well-Architected Tool

tool that helps you review and measure the state of your workoads to compare with the latest AWS practices, it reviews your workload and gives recommendations