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Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO)

Course 1696

  • Duration: 3 days
  • Exam Voucher: Yes
  • Language: English
  • Level: Intermediate
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  • 3-day instructor-led training course

  • Official AWS training curriculum

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    Sep 5 - 7 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM BST
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  • Nov 28 - 30 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT
    London or WebEx
  • Jan 6 - 8 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT
    London or WebEx
  • Mar 3 - 5 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM GMT
    London or WebEx
  • May 9 - 11 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM BST
    London or WebEx
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Security Operations on AWS demonstrates how to efficiently use AWS security services to stay secure and compliant in the AWS cloud. The Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) course focuses on the AWS-recommended security best practices that you can implement to enhance the security of your data and systems in the cloud. The course highlights the security features of AWS key services including compute, storage, networking, and database services. This course also refers to the common security control objectives and regulatory compliance standards and examines use cases for running regulated workloads on AWS across different verticals, globally. You will also learn how to leverage AWS services and tools for automation and continuous monitoring — taking your security operations to the next level.

Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Delivery Methods

  • In-Person

  • Online

Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Course Information

  • In this Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) course, you will learn how to:

    • Assimilate and leverage the AWS shared security responsibility model.
    • Mange user identity and access management in the AWS cloud.
    • Use AWS security services such as AWS Identity and Access Management, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Key Management Service, AWS CloudHSM, and AWS Trusted Advisor.
    • Implement better security controls for your resources in the AWS cloud.
    • Manage and audit your AWS resources from a security perspective.
    • Monitor and log access and usage of AWS compute, storage, networking, and database services.
    • Assimilate and leverage the AWS shared compliance responsibility model.
    • Identify AWS services and tools to help automate, monitor, and manage security operations on AWS.
    • Perform security incident management in the AWS cloud.

  • Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Prerequisites

    We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

    • Attended AWS Security Essentials (SEC-ESS)
    • Experience with governance, risk, and compliance
    • regulations and control objectives
    • Working knowledge of IT security practices
    • Working knowledge of IT infrastructure concepts
    • Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

  • Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Exam Information

    To earn this certification, you’ll need to take and pass the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam (SCS-C01). The exam features a combination of two question formats: multiple choice and multiple response.

Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Course Outline

  • Introduction to Cloud Security
  • Security of the AWS Cloud
  • Cloud Aware Governance and Compliance
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Securing AWS Infrastructure Services
  • Securing AWS Container Services
  • Securing AWS Abstracted Services
  • Using AWS Security Services
  • Data Protection in the AWS Cloud
  • Building Compliant Workloads on AWS — Case Study
  • Security Incident Management in the Cloud

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Security Engineering on AWS (AWSSO) Course FAQs

This course is intended for individuals who perform a security role and have at least two years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads.

  • Security engineers
  • Security architects
  • Security analysts
  • Security auditors
  • Individuals who are responsible for governing, auditing, and testing an organization’s IT infrastructure and ensuring conformity of the infrastructure to security, risk, and compliance guidelines.

Yes, this course is part of the following AWS certification:

  • AWS Certified Security – Specialty (ACSS)

This credential helps organizations identify and develop talent with critical skills for implementing cloud initiatives. Earning AWS Certified Security – Specialty validates expertise in securing data and workloads in the AWS Cloud.

Before you take this exam, we recommend you have:

  • Five years of IT security experience in designing and implementing security solutions and at least two years of hands-on experience in securing AWS workloads.
  • Working knowledge of AWS security services and features of services to provide a secure production environment and an understanding of security operations and risks.
  • Knowledge of the AWS shared responsibility model and its application; security controls for workloads on AWS; logging and monitoring strategies; cloud security threat models; patch management and security automation; ways to enhance AWS security services with third-party tools and services; and disaster recovery controls, including BCP and backups, encryption, access control, and data retention.
  • Understanding of specialized data classifications and AWS data protection mechanisms, data-encryption methods and AWS mechanisms to implement them, and secure internet protocols and AWS mechanisms to implement them.
  • Ability to make tradeoff decisions with regard to cost, security, and deployment complexity to meet a set of application requirements.