AWS Well-Architected Framework (AWS Whitepaper)

AWS Shield is a managed Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection service that safeguards web applications running on AWS.

Test systems at production scale:

Automate to make architectural experimentation easier:

Allow for evolutionary architectures:

Rather than having your IT team learn how to host and run a new technology, they can simply consume it as a service.

Your recovery processes should be as well exercised as your normal production processes.

Drive architectures using data:

As you use operations procedures, look for opportunities to improve them. As you evolve your workload, evolve your procedures appropriately. Set up regular game days to review and validate that all procedures are effective and that teams are familiar with them.

Share lessons learned across teams to share the benefits of those lessons. Analyze trends within lessons learned and perform cross-team retrospective analysis of operations metrics to identify opportunities and methods for improvement. Implement changes intended to bring about improvement and evaluate the results to determine success.