# SEC 6. How do you protect your compute resources?
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Compute resources in your workload require multiple layers of defense to help protect from external and internal threats. Compute resources include EC2 instances, containers, AWS Lambda functions, database services, IoT devices, and more.

**Topics**
+ [SEC06-BP01 Perform vulnerability management](sec_protect_compute_vulnerability_management.md)
+ [SEC06-BP02 Provision compute from hardened images](sec_protect_compute_hardened_images.md)
+ [SEC06-BP03 Reduce manual management and interactive access](sec_protect_compute_reduce_manual_management.md)
+ [SEC06-BP04 Validate software integrity](sec_protect_compute_validate_software_integrity.md)
+ [SEC06-BP05 Automate compute protection](sec_protect_compute_auto_protection.md)