AWS SysOps Associate: AWS & Public Key Infrastructure


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Overview/Description

Cryptography is used to protect sensitive data. In your role as a certified AWS SysOps Admin, you'll come across a variety of ways in which you can use it. In this course, you'll explore standard cryptographic techniques and the AWS services to implement them.

You'll begin by examining what cryptography and public key infrastructure (PKI) means. Next, you'll use the AWS Key Management Service (KMS) to create cryptographic keys and enable Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volume encryption. You'll outline how to use hardware security modules in AWS. You'll then work with private and public certificates using AWS Certificate Manager. Lastly, you'll enable an HTTPS listener.

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



Expected Duration (hours)
0.7

Lesson Objectives

AWS SysOps Associate: AWS & Public Key Infrastructure

  • discover the key concepts covered in this course
  • recall the different ways in which cryptography is used as a security method
  • recall the different ways in which public key infrastructure (PKI) provides security, examining PKI certificates, hierarchy, usage, and lifecycle
  • outline how encryption keys are created and managed using AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)
  • use the AWS console to create a KMS key
  • protect Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes using encryption
  • identify how AWS CloudHSM, the hardware security module, is used for cryptographic operations
  • recognize how AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) is used for PKI certificate management
  • deploy a private certification authority (CA)
  • acquire a private certificate from a private certification authority (CA)
  • illustrate how to acquire a public certificate
  • secure HTTP connections by enabling HTTPS
  • summarize the key concepts covered in this course
  • Course Number:
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    Expertise Level
    Intermediate