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5 Hands-on labs

AWS Security Essentials

By Tia Williams

Preparation for prospective students who are in search of a more security-minded architecture within AWS.

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11 hours

47 Lessons
5 Hands-On Labs

About the course

This course prepares prospective student for a more security-minded architecture within AWS. In addition, you will find that the subjects and materials covered within this course will also equip students with the knowledge and hands-on experience to various AWS services dealing with encryption, monitoring, and auditing.

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Chapter 1 4 Lessons 1. Introduction 11:08

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses
1:19

About the Author
2:10

Course Tools
3:43

AWS Free Tier: Usage Tracking and Billing Widget
3:56
Chapter 2 3 Lessons 2. Secure Global Infrastructure and Compliance 21:08

Regions, Availability Zones, and Endpoints
8:45

VPC Endpoints
8:33

IAM and Compliance
3:50
Chapter 3 2 Lessons 3. Shared Responsibility and Trusted Advisor 10:41

Shared Responsibility Model
5:41

Trusted Advisor
5:00
Chapter 4 6 Lessons 4. Identity and Access Management (IAM) 48:08

Root User
8:13

Users and Groups
10:34

Roles
13:24

Policies
10:01

Visual Editor for Policy Creation
2:02

Access Advisor
3:54
Chapter 5 3 Lessons 5. Encryption Essentials 18:35

Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption
8:20

HSM and KMS
10:15

AWS Security Essentials - KMS Integration with S3
0:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 6 7 Lessons 6. OS-Level Access 47:30

Overview and SSH
9:56

Bastion Host
2:07

Linux Example
16:05

Windows Remote Desktop Example
7:17

Windows Bash Example
7:23

Windows PuTTY Example
4:42

AWS Security Essentials - Securing Connections with a Bastion Host
0:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 7 6 Lessons 7. Data Security 28:03

Securing Data at Rest: S3 and Glacier
10:04

Securing Data at Rest: EBS and RDS
5:43

Securing Data at Rest: DynamoDB and EMR
4:38

Decommissioning Data and Media
2:42

Securing Data in Transit
4:56

AWS Security Essentials - VPC Endpoints and Securing S3
0:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 8 4 Lessons 8. OS Security 30:53

Custom AMIs and Bootstrapping
12:27

AWS Systems Manager- Patching/Automation
14:36

Mitigating Malware and Abuse
3:50

Preparing an Instance for a Custom AMI
0:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 9 6 Lessons 9. Infrastructure Security 40:47

VPC Security
8:43

Network Segmentation
13:31

Strengthening and Threat Protection Layer
7:51

Testing and Measurement
2:39

AWS Web Application Firewall and Shield
8:03

AWS Security Essentials - Network Segmentation Lab
0:00 Hands-On Lab
Chapter 10 5 Lessons 10. Monitoring, Alerting , and Auditing 23:49

Monitoring Basics
3:40

AWS Config
5:56

AWS Systems Manager- Inventory and Insights
4:17

AWS Inspector
5:52

AWS GuardDuty
4:04
Chapter 11 1 Lesson Conclusion 0:43

Thank You and Next Steps
0:43

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

AWS Security Essentials

About the course

Lab Highlights

An Important Note About A Cloud Guru and Linux Academy Courses

About the Author

Course Tools

AWS Free Tier: Usage Tracking and Billing Widget

Regions, Availability Zones, and Endpoints

VPC Endpoints

IAM and Compliance

Shared Responsibility Model

Trusted Advisor

Root User

Users and Groups

Roles

Policies

Visual Editor for Policy Creation

Access Advisor

Symmetric and Asymmetric Encryption

HSM and KMS

AWS Security Essentials - KMS Integration with S3

Overview and SSH

Bastion Host

Linux Example

Windows Remote Desktop Example

Windows Bash Example

Windows PuTTY Example

AWS Security Essentials - Securing Connections with a Bastion Host

Securing Data at Rest: S3 and Glacier

Securing Data at Rest: EBS and RDS

Securing Data at Rest: DynamoDB and EMR

Decommissioning Data and Media

Securing Data in Transit

AWS Security Essentials - VPC Endpoints and Securing S3

Custom AMIs and Bootstrapping

AWS Systems Manager- Patching/Automation

Mitigating Malware and Abuse

Preparing an Instance for a Custom AMI

VPC Security

Network Segmentation

Strengthening and Threat Protection Layer

Testing and Measurement

AWS Web Application Firewall and Shield

AWS Security Essentials - Network Segmentation Lab

Monitoring Basics

AWS Config

AWS Systems Manager- Inventory and Insights

AWS Inspector

AWS GuardDuty

Thank You and Next Steps

What are Hands-on Labs

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