AWS SysOps Associate: Securing AWS Resources & Data


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Overview/Description

Data privacy is at the forefront of IT security priorities. Knowledge of the standards and tools involved is essential in employment as a certified SysOps admin. In this course, you'll recognize the various types of personally identifiable information (PII), identify the security standards and regulations, PCI DSS, HIPAA, GDPR, and ISO 27001, and classify firewall types.

Next, you'll deploy a web application firewall and use various AWS security options, such as Amazon Inspector, Trusted Advisor, GuardDuty, and AWS Security Hub. You'll learn how to enable data classification using Amazon Macie, and lastly, you'll encrypt S3 buckets using the GUI, CLI, and PowerShell.

This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-CO1) exam.



Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

AWS SysOps Associate: Securing AWS Resources & Data

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • recognize the types of information that constitute PII
  • recall PCI security requirements
  • recognize how HIPAA protects medical information
  • recall how GDPR protects European Union citizen data
  • recognize how the ISO 27001 standard applies to cloud security
  • differentiate between firewalls for packet and content filtering, recognize the characteristics of web application firewalls, list related attacks, and outline how to prevent them
  • deploy the AWS web application firewall
  • analyze EC2 instance and app configuration using Amazon Inspector
  • use performance and security recommendations from Trusted Advisor
  • deploy threat detection solutions using GuardDuty
  • enable and use AWS Security Hub
  • locate AWS data and enable classification
  • protect S3 data at rest using the GUI
  • protect S3 data at rest using the CLI
  • protect S3 data at rest using PowerShell
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course
  • Course Number:
    it_clawsso2020_16_enus

    Expertise Level
    Intermediate