# Security
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The Security pillar encompasses the ability to protect data, systems, and assets to take advantage of cloud technologies to improve your security. You can find prescriptive guidance on implementation in the [Security Pillar whitepaper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/security-pillar/welcome.html?ref=wellarchitected-wp). 

**Topics**
+ [Security foundations](a-sec-security.md)
+ [Identity and access management](a-identity-and-access-management.md)
+ [Detection](a-detective-controls.md)
+ [Infrastructure protection](a-infrastructure-protection.md)
+ [Data protection](a-data-protection.md)
+ [Incident response](a-incident-response.md)
+ [Application security](a-appsec.md)