AWS Security Essentials

Enhance your AWS cloud security skills with our AWS Security Essentials course, designed for IT professionals aiming to master access control, data encryption, and network security principles.

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Essential Skills Gained

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Identify security benefits and responsibilities in the AWS Cloud.

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Describe AWS access control and management features.

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Explain methods for data encryption in transit and at rest with AWS.

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Secure network access to AWS resources.

Format

  • Instructor-led
  • 1 days with lectures and hands-on labs.

Audience

  • Security IT business-level professionals
  • Security professionals with minimal AWS knowledge

Description

This course covers fundamental AWS cloud security concepts, including AWS access control, data encryption methods, and how network access to your AWS infrastructure can be secured. Based on the AWS Shared Security Model, you learn where you are responsible for implementing security in the AWS Cloud and what security-oriented services are available to you and why and how the security services can help meet the security needs of your organization. In this course, you will learn how to:

  • Assimilate Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud
  • Describe the access control and management features of AWS
  • Explain the available methods for providing encryption of data in transit and data at rest when storing your data in AWS
  • Describe how to secure network access to your AWS resources
  • Determine which AWS services can be used for monitoring and incident response

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Upcoming Course Dates

August 4-4, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Los_Angeles

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$675

August 18-18, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - US/Eastern

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$675

October 6-6, 2025

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Virtual: Online - America/Chicago

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$675

Course Outline

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Module 1: Security on AWS

  1. Security design principles in the AWS Cloud

  2. AWS Shared Responsibility Model

Module 2: Security OF the Cloud

  1. AWS Global Infrastructure

  2. Data center security

  3. Compliance and governance

Module 3: Security IN the Cloud – Part 1

  1. Identity and access management

  2. Data protection essentials

  3. Lab 01 – Introduction to security policies

Module 4: Security IN the Cloud – Part 2

  1. Securing your infrastructure

  2. Monitoring and detective controls

  3. Lab 02 – Securing VPC resources with Security Groups

Module 5: Security IN the Cloud – Part 3

  1. DDoS mitigation

  2. Incident response essentials

  3. Lab 03 – Remediating issues with AWS Config Conformance Packs

Module 6: Course Wrap Up

  1. AWS Well-Architected tool overview

  2. Next Steps

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