AWS-SEC-ESS: AWS Security Essentials

About this Course

This course 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.

In this course, you will learn how to:

Assimilate Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud
Describe the access control and management features of AWS
Explain the available methods for providing encryption of data in transit and data at rest when storing your data in AWS
Describe how to secure network access to your AWS resources
Determine which AWS services can be used for monitoring and incident response

Audience Profile

This course is intended for:

Security IT business-level professionals interested in cloud security practices
Security professionals with minimal to no working knowledge of AWS

At Course Completion

Outline

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 essentials
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 – Remediating issues with AWS Config Conformance Packs

Module 6: Course Wrap Up

AWS Well-Architected tool overview
Next Steps

Prerequisites

AWS Technical Essentials