AWS Security Essentials

This course is intended for:

- IT business-level professionals interested in cloud security practices

- Security professionals with minimal working knowledge of AWS

This course is designed to teach you how to:

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

Module 1: Security on AWS

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

Module 2: Security OF the Cloud

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

Module 3: Security IN the Cloud – Part 1

• Identity and Access Management
• Data Protection 
• Lab 01 – Introduction to Security Policies

Module 4: Security IN the Cloud – Part 2

• Securing your infrastructure
• Monitoring and detective controls
• Lab 02 – Securing VPC Resources with Security Groups

Module 5: Security IN the Cloud – Part 3

• DDoS mitigation  Incident response essentials
• Lab 03 – Automating Incident Response with AWS Config and AWS Lambda

Module 6: Course Wrap Up

• AWS Well-Architected tool overview

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

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