AWS Protective Controls Online Training

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UPDATED: April 14, 2019

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This AWS skills training prepares learners to secure a network with AWS infrastructure, container, and abstracted services, and covers the protective controls portion of the AWS Certified Security certification exam. This AWS protective control training covers a range of topics to help you secure services both deep within the stronghold of your system, like AMI, as well as right on the frontline, like edge hardening against DDoS attacks.

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What you'll learn

Using AWS to create protective controls
Securing networks with AWS tools, AMIs, and EC2 key pairs
Understanding and using AWS’ Systems Manager
Controlling public and private subnets
Ensuring security controls remain active on public web servers
Using VPNs and maintaining workload security
Hardening against DDoS attacks
The benefits and uses of AWS WAF

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What will you learn in this AWS protective controls training?

You'll learn how to keep your data in AWS safe and secure. It's nice to imagine that, out of the box, AWS keeps your information locked securely away. Unfortunately that's not the case. This course will show you both simple and advanced approaches for securing AWS workloads.

Who should take this AWS protective controls course?

Cloud administrators and network engineers should be taking this course. Brand new administrators may struggle with some of the more advanced security concepts, but if you have a few years of experience managing cloud instances and workloads, you'll learn a lot about making your data and networks a lot safer.

Is this training in AWS protective controls associated with any certifications?

Yes, this AWS protective controls training was designed to help learners prepare for the protective controls portion of the AWS Certified Security certification exam.

What other certifications should you consider after taking this course in AWS protective controls?

When it comes to cybersecurity certifications with an emphasis on AWS workloads, there really aren't any alternatives to the AWS Certified Security - Specialty, part of which this course prepares you for. Your best bet is to take the other courses that help prepare for the rest of SCS-C01.

Why should you take this AWS protective controls training?

You should take this course if you're already managing AWS workloads so that you can keep them safe and secure. But if you're not using AWS workloads yet, you'll be ahead of the game if you do ever transition to AWS by taking this course early.

Who is this for?

This AWS Protective Controls training is considered engineer-level AWS training, which means it was designed for network engineers. This protective controls skill course is designed for network engineers with three to five years of experience with AWS security.

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Study plan

Download the free AWS Protective Controls Online Training study plan to complete this course in about 7 hours.

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