Secure Access for Work from Home Users: Best Practices for Securing Amazon Workspaces Deployment

This tech talk shares security best practices when delivering Amazon WorkSpaces to remote users and home workers. We will go over the various security considerations and features provided by Amazon WorkSpaces and how these fit into AWS Well Architected best practices. Topics covered will include, VPC and AD topology, MFA, WorkSpaces Security Groups, WorkSpaces encryption, Access Control and Trusted Devices, Smart Cards, IP Access Control Groups and Access Logging and Auditing.
Learning Objectives:
*Learn how to design your Active Directory infrastructure to prepare for a WorkSpaces deployment
*Learn how to design your network controls for a WorkSpaces deployment
*Learn how to implement security and audit controls
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[@bmcseal01]

excellent information

[@dw2291]

A good primer, but but as a talk demos and troubleshooting such setups might be more impactful.

[@queenahead2507]

Is there a way to get notified if anyone creates an AWS workspace that isn't encrypted?

[@dw2291]

AWS Config will let you know about unencrypted volumes