Activities

This course includes presentations and hands-on labs.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

·        Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud.

·        Describe the access control and management features of AWS.

·        Explain the available methods for encrypting data at rest and in transit.

·        Describe how to secure network access to your AWS resources.

·        Determine which AWS services can be used for monitoring and incident response.

Intended audience

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

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

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

Course outline

Course Introduction

Module 1: Exploring the Security Pillar

·        AWS Well-Architected Framework: Security Pillar

Module 2: Security of the Cloud

·        Shared responsibility model

·        AWS Global Infrastructure

·        Compliance and governance

Module 3: Identity and Access Management

·        Identity and access management

·        Data access and protection essentials

·        Lab 1: Introduction to Security Policies

Module 4: Protecting Infrastructure and Data

·        Protecting your network infrastructure

·        Edge Security

·        DDoS Mitigation

·        Protecting compute resources

·        Lab 2: Securing VPC Resources with Security Groups

Module 5: Detection and Response

·        Monitoring and detective controls

·        Incident response essentials

Module 6: Course Wrap-Up

·        Course review