Day 1
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
Day 2
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
- Amazon Route 53
- AWS WAF
- Amazon CloudFront
- AWS Shield
- AWS Firewall Manager
- DDoS mitigation on AWS
Day 3
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
Day 4: AWS Jam Day
- Solve real-world challenges together as a team in a safe AWS environment, guided by your instructor
- Compete against other teams to win the challenge with your colleagues and put your AWS skills into action
- All challenges are based on the scope of the course and will support your learning curve in a very effective way
Consists of the following modules
- Security Engineering on AWS – JAM Day
- Security Engineering on AWS
- Identifying security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud
- Building secure application infrastructures
- Protecting applications and data from common security threats
- Performing and automating security checks
- Configuring authentication and permissions for applications and resources
- Monitoring AWS resources and responding to incidents
- Capturing and processing logs
- Creating and configuring automated and repeatable deployments with tools such as AMIs and AWS CloudFormation
AWS JAM Day will be featured on the final 4th day of this course, as a gamified event where you will be split into teams to compete in a series of best practice challenges based on concepts covered in the course. In addition to the hands-on labs of the ILT courses, an additional day of curated and instructor-facilitated challenges allows learners to use AWS Jam to address real-world scenarios, representing common operational and troubleshooting tasks relevant for your job role. You will be able to apply your knowledge in a safe and real AWS environment and score points if you solve the challenge correctly. The aim of an AWS Jam is to develop, improve, and validate your skills in the AWS cloud and get ready to use your practical skills when you are back on your daily job.
This course prepares you to achieve the following official AWS Certification:
AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
