AWS Security Essentials

AWS Security Essentials covers fundamental AWS cloud security concepts, including AWS access control, data encryption methods, and how network access to your AWS infrastructure can be secured. Based on the AWS Shared Security Model, you learn where you are responsible for implementing security in the AWS Cloud and what security-oriented services are available to you and why and how the security services can help meet the security needs of your organization.

This course enables you to dive deep, ask questions, work through solutions, and get feedback from AWS-accredited instructors with deep technical knowledge. This is a fundamental level course and is a part of the AWS Security learning path.

Course Objectives

• Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud.
• Describe the access control and management features of AWS.
• Understand the different methods to secure data.
• Describe how to secure network access to your AWS resources.
• Determine which AWS services can be used for monitoring and incident response.

Prerequisites

Required

• Working knowledge of IT security practices and infrastructure concepts, familiarity with cloud computing concepts

Who Should Attend

• IT business-level professionals interested in cloud security practices
• Security professionals with minimal working knowledge of AWS

Course Outline

Security on AWS

• Security design principles in the AWS Cloud
• AWS Shared Responsibility Model

Security OF the Cloud

• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Data Center Security
• Compliance and Governance

Security IN the Cloud - Part 1

• Identity and Access Management
• Data Protection

Security IN the Cloud - Part 2

• Securing your infrastructure
• Monitoring and detective controls

Security IN the Cloud - Part 3

• DDoS mitigation
• Incident response essentials