AWS Security Best Practices: Computing
Offered By: Amazon Web Services via AWS Skill Builder
Course Description
Overview
This course focuses on understanding and implementing Amazon Web Services (AWS) security best practices for compute with a deep dive on compute security.
- Course level: Intermediate
- Duration: 2 hours
Activities
This course includes text, interactive activities, and knowledge checks.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Describe compute security vulnerabilities
- Construct a secure EC2 instance based on industry best practices
- Use Amazon EBS encryption to secure volume data
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
- Individuals responsible for professional services implementation and delivery at APN consulting partner organizations
- Security Architects, Security Engineers, and Systems Operators
- IT consultants designing, architecting, and maintaining applications and solutions to run securely in the AWS cloud
Prerequisites
Before attending this course, participants should have completed the following:
- AWS Security Fundamentals
- AWS Security Essentials
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification or a strong background in information security concepts, techniques, and paradigms in the areas of networking, operating systems, data encryption, and operational controls
Course outline
Module 1: Compute Security
- Introduction to Compute Security
- Compute Hardening
- Amazon EBS Encryption
- Secure Operations and Maintenance
- Continuous Assessments
- Container Security
- Using AWS MarketPlace
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