# 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 Reduce attack surface](sec_protect_compute_reduce_surface.md)
+ [SEC06-BP03 Implement managed services](sec_protect_compute_implement_managed_services.md)
+ [SEC06-BP04 Automate compute protection](sec_protect_compute_auto_protection.md)
+ [SEC06-BP05 Enable people to perform actions at a distance](sec_protect_compute_actions_distance.md)
+ [SEC06-BP06 Validate software integrity](sec_protect_compute_validate_software_integrity.md)