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Cloud Security Basics with AWS

This course is a practical introduction to basic security for software deployment to an
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) public cloud. The audience includes technical
managers, system administrators, system auditors, and software developers who may
need to make decisions regarding cloud-deployed applications.

Although the course will present general principles, for concreteness almost all
discussion and exercises will focus on deployment to the Amazon Web Services (AWS)
environment, which is the current market leader in public IaaS. Where possible “best
practices” will be identified.

Course Overview

Overall Proficiency Level
2 - Intermediate
Course Prerequisites

A basic familiarity with computer operating systems and networks, such as would be obtained in undergraduate studies in Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science, or a similar discipline.

Training Purpose
Functional Development
Skill Development
Management Development
Specific Audience
All
Delivery Method
Online, Instructor-Led
Classroom
Course Location

220 W. Garden Street,
Suite 250
Pensacola, FL 32502

National CAE Designated Institution
  • Online, Instructor-Led
  • Classroom

Learning Objectives

  • Construct and Configure an AWS IaaS cloud account
  • Deploy a virtual computer instance into the AWS EC2 Cloud
  • Choose and configure security controls to protect such a virtual computer instance against attacks
  • Use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) to create users, groups and policies that give appropriate access to AWS resources
  • Use logging and analysis tools to monitor cloud deployed resources and detect intrusion

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Incident Response
  • Digital Forensics
  • Exploitation Analysis
  • Targets
  • Legal Advice and Advocacy

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

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