Further reading

AWS re:Invent 2020: Working backwards: Amazon’s approach to innovation

AWS Prescriptive Guidance: Automated patching for mutable instances in the hybrid cloud using AWS Systems Manager

AWS Architecture Center

AWS Well-Architected Framework

Operational Excellence Pillar - AWS Well-Architected Framework

Plan for Disaster Recovery (DR) - AWS Well-Architected Reliability pillar

Cost Optimization Pillar - AWS Well-Architected Framework

AWS Well-Architected Labs: Enable AWS-Generated Cost Allocation Tags

AWS Well-Architected Labs: Tag Policies

AWS Well-Architected Labs: AWS CUR Query Library

AWS Health Aware – Customize AWS Health Alerts for Organizational and Personal AWS Accounts

How to Automatically Tag Amazon EC2 Resources in Response to API Events

AWS Generated vs. User-Defined Cost Allocation Tag

Cost Tagging and Reporting with AWS Organizations

Patching your Windows EC2 instances using AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager

Avoid zero-day vulnerabilities with same-day security patching using AWS Systems Manager

Using Cost Allocation Tags - AWS Billing and Cost Management

What are AWS Cost and Usage Reports

AWS Resource Groups API Reference

How can I use IAM policy tags to restrict how an EC2 instance or EBS volume can be created?

Mutable vs immutable update models

Bryar, C. and Carr, B. (2021). Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon. London Macmillan.

AWS CloudFormation Guard (GitHub)