AWS Cloud Quest: Security

   

AWS Cloud Quest is a role-based learning game that helps you build practical AWS skills through exercises and hands-on activities using AWS services. Within AWS Cloud Quest, there are roles you can choose based on several technical domains. After starting AWS Cloud Quest, choose the Security role to get security focused solution building assignments curated by AWS experts.

AWS Cloud Quest - Security Role

As the city's Security Specialist, you will build solutions based on AWS security practices that protect customers' infrastructure and data from common security threats. You will gain knowledge on how to leverage AWS tools and service for logging, monitoring, and automation to enhance infrastructure security. You can earn a digital badge for completing all assignments in the Security Role.

How does it work?

Players enter a virtual city and choose a pre-defined role like "Security Specialist", “Serverless Developer” or “Solutions Architect", that enable quests tailored to the chosen role. As players progress through the game, they will earn rewards and status for completing activities that unlock new learning areas.

Security Role Assignments

Cloud Computing Essentials Amazon S3

Cloud First StepsAmazon EC2, AWS Infrastructure

Computing SolutionsAmazon EC2

Networking ConceptsAmazon EC2, Amazon VPC

Connecting VPCsAmazon VPC, Amazon EC2

Serverless FoundationsAWS Lambda

Core Security ConceptsAWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon EC2

Lambda SecurityAWS Lambda, Amazon VPC, AWS Secrets Manager


S3 SecurityAmazon S3

Identity and Access ManagementAmazon EC2, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon S3

Security PoliciesAmazon S3, Amazon EC2, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Compliance EnforcementAWS Systems Manager, AWS Config


Secure Self-service InfrastructureAWS Service Catalog, AWS CloudFormation

Securing APIsAmazon Cognito, Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, AWS Identity and Access Management

Playing with EncryptionAWS Key Management Service (KMS), Amazon EC2

Serverless AuthenticationAWS Serverless Application Model (SAM), Amazon Cognito, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Amplify, AWS Lambda

Secrets ManagementAWS Secrets Manager, AWS Lambda, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Protecting Data at RestAWS Key Management Service (KMS), Amazon EC2

Incident ResponseAmazon SNS, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Systems Manager, AWS Lambda

Infrastructure as CodeAmazon EventBridge, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation

Securing Your ServersAmazon EC2, Amazon DynamoDB, AWS Lambda, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon S3


Securing a Three-tiered ArchitectureAmazon VPC, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, Amazon EC2, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Edge ProtectionAmazon CloudFront, AWS WAF

Application LogsAWS Glue, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis