As you saw in the previous chapter, it's very easy to use the wizard to create your virtual private cloud (VPC), but you might want more control and management over how your VPC is configured. To do this, it's best to create your VPC from scratch and configure the components as you go, such as your route tables and network access control lists (NACLs).
When looking at your cloud architecture and infrastructure from an IaaS perspective, you as the customer are responsible for implementing, maintaining, and managing the security of that infrastructure. This includes your VPCÂ and all of the components that make up that VPC.
This chapter will focus on these points to show you the different areas of interest that you need to pay particular attention to in order to ensure the security of your network and resources running...
