These independent guides help teams secure foundations, control spend and plan AI adoption on AWS. Each guide includes practical checklists, leader notes and links to core AWS services.
They are not official AWS or other organization materials and do not constitute commercial offers.
Guides
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Security
CloudAssure: AWS Security and Compliance Readiness
Updated: · Aleksandar Nenov
A practical playbook to establish strong identity controls, continuous detection and compliant data handling on AWS. Topics include IAM hygiene, multi factor authentication, encryption strategy, centralized logging, automated findings with Security Hub and GuardDuty, and privacy alignment for GDPR and NIS2.
Identity and access: least privilege, MFA for users and roles
Threat detection: enable GuardDuty, Security Hub and Detective
Data protection: KMS keys, encryption at rest and in transit
Audit trail: CloudTrail org trails, CloudWatch and S3 log storage
They are not official AWS or other organization materials and do not constitute commercial offers.
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FinOps
CloudValue: AWS FinOps and Cost Optimization
Updated: · Aleksandar Nenov
An actionable guide to improve cost visibility and drive savings without slowing delivery. Learn how to design a tagging model for allocation, right size compute and storage, choose Savings Plans or Reserved Instances, set budgets and alerts, and present savings to leadership.
Allocation: tagging keys, account structure, CUR basics
Optimization: right sizing, GP2 to GP3, Graviton adoption
Pricing: Savings Plans vs RI, commitment guardrails
They are not official AWS or other organization materials and do not constitute commercial offers.
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AI
CloudVision: AI Readiness and Planning on AWS
Updated: · Aleksandar Nenov
A business friendly overview to prepare teams for AI work on AWS. Focus on use case discovery, data readiness, safety and controls, and cost planning for pilots. Includes a short glossary and a leadership checklist to keep scope realistic.
