Security Engineering on AWS Course

Security Engineering on AWS

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Course description

This course on AWS Security Engineering shows you how to use AWS security services effectively to stay safe in the AWS Cloud. The training focuses on the security procedures that AWS suggests using to improve the security of your data and cloud-based services.

The security attributes of the leading AWS services—Compute, Storage, networking, and database services—are highlighted. Additionally, you will learn how to use AWS tools and services for automation, ongoing logging and tracking, and handling security problems.

The course is also helpful for learners preparing for the AWS Certified Security Speciality Certification

Activities

This Security Engineering On AWS Training Course includes the following activities:

Live Demonstrations
Group Discussions
Hands-On Labs
Frequent Knowledge Checks

Course Objectives

Here’s what you’ll learn in this course:

Describe the advantages and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud for security.
Construction of secure application infrastructures
Application and data protection against typical security risks
Automate and carry out security checks
Set up apps’ and resources’ permissions and authentication
AWS resource monitoring and incident response
assemble and analyze logs
With tools like AMIs and AWS CloudFormation, create and configure automated and repeatable deployments.

Intended Audience

You can take on this course if you belong to the following category of individuals:

Security engineers
Security architects
Information security professionals

Prerequisites

To qualify for taking up this course, you’ll need the following:

Working knowledge of IT security practices and infrastructure concepts
Knowledge of cloud computing concepts
Completed AWS Security Essentials and Architecting on AWS instructor-led courses

Module Breakdown

Course outline

Day1

Module 1: Security on AWS

Security in the AWS cloud
AWS Shared Responsibility Model
Incident response overview
DevOps with Security Engineering

Module 2: Identifying Entry Points on AWS

Identify the different ways to access the AWS platform
Understanding IAM policies
IAM Permissions Boundary
IAM Access Analyzer
Multi-factor authentication
AWS CloudTrail
Lab 01: Cross-account access

Module 3: Security Considerations: Web Application Environments

Threats in a three-tier architecture
Common threats: user access
Common threats: data access
AWS Trusted Advisor

Module 4: Application Security

Amazon Machine Images
Amazon Inspector
AWS Systems Manager
Lab 02: Using AWS Systems Manager and Amazon Inspector

Module 5: Data Security

Data protection strategies
Encryption on AWS
Protecting data at rest with Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB
Protecting archived data with Amazon S3 Glacier
Amazon S3 Access Analyzer
Amazon S3 Access Points

Day2

Module 6: Securing Network Communications

Amazon VPC security considerations
Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring
Responding to compromised instances
Elastic Load Balancing
AWS Certificate Manager

Module 7: Monitoring and Collecting Logs on AWS

Amazon CloudWatch and CloudWatch Logs
AWS Config
Amazon Macie
Amazon VPC Flow Logs
Amazon S3 Server Access Logs
ELB Access Logs
Lab 03: Monitor and Respond with AWS Config

Module 8: Processing Logs on AWS

Amazon Kinesis
Amazon Athena
Lab 04: Web Server Log Analysis

Module 9: Security Considerations: Hybrid Environments

AWS Site-to-Site and Client VPN connections
AWS Direct Connect
AWS Transit Gateway

Module 10: Out-Of-Region Protection

Day3

Module 11: Security Considerations: Serverless Environments

Amazon Cognito
Amazon API Gateway
AWS Lambda

Module 12: Threat Detection and Investigation

Amazon GuardDuty
AWS Security Hub
Amazon Detective

Module 13: Secrets Management on AWS

AWS KMS
AWS CloudHSM
AWS Secrets Manager
Lab 05: Using AWS KMS

Module 14: Automation and Security by Design

AWS CloudFormation
AWS Service Catalog
Lab 06: Security automation on AWS with AWS Service Catalog

Module 15: Account Management and Provisioning on AWS

AWS Organizations
AWS Control Tower
AWS SSO
AWS Directory Service
Lab 07: Federated Access with ADFS

CERTIFICATION : AWS CERTIFIED SECURITY - SPECIALTY

This certification enables businesses to find and nurture talent with the essential competencies to carry out cloud initiatives. The AWS Certified Security – Specialty credential verifies knowledge of protecting workloads and data in the AWS Cloud.

EXAM READINESS: AWS CERTIFIED SECURITY - SPECIALTY

The AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam verifies technical expertise in workload, architectural security, and hardening on the AWS platform. Participants with two or more years of practical experience developing and delivering cloud architecture on AWS are encouraged to enroll in this half-day session to learn about exam preparation. We’ll explore the exam’s subject areas and map them to particular study areas to aid your practice. We’ll review example exam questions for each subject area while instructing you on understanding the topics being assessed so you can more effectively weed out wrong answers.

Is Cloud Wizard Consulting an official AWS training partner?

Yes, we have been since 2015.

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