Now Available: New Digital Training to Help You Learn About AWS Cloud Security

Cloud security with scalability and innovation: at AWS, this is our top priority. To help you securely architect cloud solutions, AWS Training and Certification recently added new free digital training about security, including a new course about Amazon GuardDuty, a new managed threat-detection service.

These introductory courses, built by AWS experts, are suitable for users and decision makers alike. Each course lasts 10–15 minutes, and you can learn at your own pace.

Digital training courses about security

To find these free courses, navigate to the Security, Identity & Compliance page. I suggest the following introductory courses:

• Introduction to Amazon Cloud Directory (10 minutes)
  Learn how to use Amazon Cloud Directory to build flexible, cloud-native directories for organizing hierarchies of data along multiple dimensions.
• Introduction to Amazon Cognito (10 minutes)
  Learn how to use Amazon Cognito to add user sign-up and sign-in to your mobile and web applications.
• Introduction to Amazon GuardDuty (10 minutes)
  Learn how to use Amazon GuardDuty, a new AWS managed threat-detection service that continuously monitors your account to detect known and unknown threats.
• Introduction to Amazon Macie (10 minutes)
  Learn how Amazon Macie uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in the AWS Cloud.
• Introduction to AWS Artifact (10 minutes)
  Get a brief overview of this service, including the definition of an audit artifact and a demonstration of AWS Artifact.
• Introduction to AWS Certificate Manager (10 minutes)
  Get a high-level overview of how to use AWS Certificate Manager to issue and configure SSL certificates for your applications.
• Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (10 minutes)
  Learn how you can use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for authentication and authorization to AWS services. Discussions about IAM policies and roles also are included.
• Introduction to Amazon Inspector (15 minutes)
  Get an overview of how you can use Amazon Inspector to analyze AWS resources and help identify potential security issues.
• Introduction to AWS Organizations (10 minutes)
  AWS Organizations offers policy-based management for multiple AWS accounts. In this course, learn how to access and use Organizations.
• Introduction to AWS WAF (15 minutes)
  Review common AWS WAF use cases and learn which conditions AWS WAF (a web application firewall) can detect. A brief demonstration shows how to configure AWS WAF filters and rules.

Go deeper with AWS security courses

To supplement your foundational training, take these security-focused courses:

• AWS Security Fundamentals (3 hours) is a self-paced digital course. This course introduces you to fundamental cloud computing and AWS security concepts, including AWS access control and management, governance, logging, and encryption methods. The course also covers security-related compliance protocols and risk management strategies, as well as procedures related to auditing your AWS security infrastructure.
• Security Operations on AWS (3 days) is an instructor-led course that offers in-depth classroom instruction. This course demonstrates how to use AWS security services to help remain secure and compliant in the AWS Cloud. The course focuses on AWS security best practices that you can implement to enhance the security of your data and systems in the cloud.

AWS Training and Certification continually evaluates and expands the training courses available to you, so be sure to visit the website regularly to explore the latest offerings.

– Janna