AWS Administration: Security Fundamentals

Explore AWS security services at an introductory level that gets you ready for more in-depth courses.

Introduction

• Fundamentals of AWS security
• What you should know

1. The AWS Account

• Understanding your AWS account
• AWS regions and edge locations

2. AWS Cloud Services and Security

• IAM account security overview
• EC2 instance security overview
• Demo: EC2 instance security overview
• Data security overview
• Demo: AWS data security overview
• Network security overview
• Demo: Network security options
• AWS compliance frameworks
• Challenge: Review compliance reports with AWS Artifact
• Solution: Review compliance reports with AWS Artifact
• The AWS shared responsibility model

3. Identity and Access Management Security

• Identity and access management
• IAM user and group accounts
• AWS credentials
• IAM policies
• Demo: Creating an IAM group and IAM user
• Challenge: Create an IAM user group
• Solution: Create an IAM user group
• Understanding IAM roles
• Demo: Creating a role

4. AWS Security Services

• AWS Shield
• AWS web application firewall
• Demo: WAF
• AWS Key Management Services
• Demo: Enabling encryption
• AWS CloudTrail
• Demo: CloudTrail details
• AWS Config
• Demo: AWS Config managed rules
• AWS GuardDuty
• Demo: GuardDuty protection options
• Amazon Macie
• Demo: Amazon Macie
• AWS Security Hub

Conclusion

• Learning more about AWS security