This program equips you with the knowledge and skills to prepare you for the AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification.

This comprehensive learning plan covers crucial aspects of cloud security needed to perform a Security Engineer role using the AWS Cloud. The training focuses on 3 primary functions including, proactive planning, active monitoring and responsive action.

Topics include fundamental concepts of security governance, compliance strategies, and centralized account management through AWS Organizations. The curriculum delves into essential security components including IAM implementation, network security with hybrid connectivity, edge security measures, and the protection of applications, compute resources, and data through encryption.

The plan concludes with an in-depth look at detection and response services, along with practical guidance on incident response planning and execution in the AWS cloud environment.

Applied Learning Project

The hands-on AWS Builder Labs provide practical experience across core security domains. Labs cover automating infrastructure compliance with AWS Config, troubleshooting IAM access issues using least privilege principles, and building multi-zone network architectures with VPC subnets, security groups, and ACLs. Labs provide experience in threat hunting with AWS Network Firewall, filtering web incursions with AWS WAF, and protecting data using server-side encryption, AWS KMS, and DynamoDB Encryption Client.