--- title: Day 3/30: “AWS will handle the security.” | daily.dev description: AWS operates on a shared responsibility model: AWS secures the underlying cloud infrastructure, but customers are responsible for everything they configure... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/day-3-30-aws-will-handle-the-security--6lbwtsbcu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Day 3/30: “AWS will handle the security.” | daily.dev og:description: AWS operates on a shared responsibility model: AWS secures the underlying cloud infrastructure, but customers are responsible for everything they configure... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/day-3-30-aws-will-handle-the-security--6lbwtsbcu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/6lbwtSBCU.png og:image:alt: Day 3/30: “AWS will handle the security.” og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Day 3/30: “AWS will handle the security.” **[Ezile Mdodana](https://daily.dev/sources/7vb9selrkhohgnzepmfvq)** · [@ezilemdodana](https://daily.dev/ezilemdodana) · 1 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary AWS operates on a shared responsibility model: AWS secures the underlying cloud infrastructure, but customers are responsible for everything they configure inside it — including IAM users, permissions, S3 bucket policies, data, and operating systems. Using the analogy of renting an apartment, the landlord secures the building but tenants must lock their own doors. Misconfigurations like public S3 buckets or weak passwords are the customer's responsibility, not AWS's. ## Content Yes… but not all of it. AWS secures the cloud infrastructure. You are responsible for what you configure inside it: users, permissions, data, applications and operating systems. Think of it like renting an apartment. The landlord secures the building. You must still lock your own door. If you leave an S3 bucket public and your password is `Admin123`, AWS cannot save you from yourself. Security in the cloud is a shared responsibility.  #AWSWithoutTheFluff #AWSSecurity #CloudComputing ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Learn Cloud Security Fundamentals in AWS – A Guide for Beginners](https://daily.dev/posts/learn-cloud-security-fundamentals-in-aws-a-guide-for-beginners-p744hpjg5) · freeCodeCamp · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloud Database Shared Responsibility Explained](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-database-shared-responsibility-explained-ruwrbocuc) · SingleStore · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Cloud Infrastructure Security: Risks and Best Practices](https://daily.dev/posts/cloud-infrastructure-security-risks-and-best-practices-ryokyqq1x) · Orca Security Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [I Started Learning AWS and Realised I Didn’t Fully Understand the Internet](https://daily.dev/posts/i-started-learning-aws-and-realised-i-didn-t-fully-understand-the-internet-fqq6zxycd) · InfoSec Write-ups · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#aws](https://daily.dev/tags/aws), [#aws-s3](https://daily.dev/tags/aws-s3) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/day-3-30-aws-will-handle-the-security--6lbwtsbcu) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/day-3-30-aws-will-handle-the-security--6lbwtsbcu","headline":"Day 3/30: “AWS will handle the security.”","text":"AWS operates on a shared responsibility model: AWS secures the underlying cloud infrastructure, but customers are responsible for everything they configure inside it — including IAM users, permissions, S3 bucket policies, data, and operating systems. 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