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AWS CDK IAM and VPC Security Enforced as Code: KMS, WAFv2, and Security Hub in One Stack

Security drift starts the moment someone opens the AWS console. This post walks through a production CDK TypeScript stack that enforces KMS encryption, least-privilege IAM, VPC Endpoint routing for secrets, WAFv2 on CloudFront and API Gateway, and Security Hub — all as versioned, testable code.

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6 Apr 2026

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Rahul Ladumor

Senior AWS Solution Architect, 6x AWS certified including GenAI Developer Professional. 9+ years building production infrastructure. Writes about what actually works — trade-offs, cost realities, and failure modes included.

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