# Securing Cloud Instance

These are recommendations for securing Cloud instances and deployments

## AWS

#### Limit access

Use IAM roles and policies to limit what users and services can access on instance

{% embed url="<https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/iam-policies-for-amazon-ec2.html>" %}

#### Use SSM for SSH connections

{% embed url="<https://docs.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/latest/userguide/session-manager-getting-started-enable-ssh-connections.html>" %}

#### EC2 best practices

{% embed url="<https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ec2-best-practices.html>" %}

## GCP

#### Best practices

{% embed url="<https://cloud.google.com/security/best-practices>" %}


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