AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance (Coursera)

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AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance (Coursera)

AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance Course is the fourth course of Exam Prep SCS-C02: AWS Certified Security – Specialty Specialization. This course assists learners to design and implement mechanisms for data encryption at rest and in transit.

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The course is divided into three modules and each module is further segmented by Lessons and Video Lectures. This course facilitates learners with approximately 2:00-2:30 Hours of Video lectures that provide both Theory and Hands-On knowledge. Also, Graded and Ungraded Quizzes are provided with every module in order to test the ability of learners.
Module 1: Data Protection in AWS
Module 2: Data Compliance in AWS
Module 3: Management and Security Governance in AWS
Two years of experience in providing remediation to compromised AWS resources and workloads. Candidates being certified with AWS Solutions Architect Associate can prepare for this course and appear for the Security specialty exam. By the end of this course, a learner will be able to:

  • Explore methods to automate patching processes and resource changes across AWS, on-premises, and other clouds.
  • Explore methods that provide confidentiality and integrity for data at rest in AWS.
  • Assess, Audit, and Evaluate configurations of AWS resources using AWS Config.
  • Implement strategies to centrally deploy and manage AWS accounts.

Course 4 of 4 in the Exam Prep SCS-C02: AWS Certified Security – Specialty Specialization.

What You Will Learn

  • Methods that provide confidentiality and integrity for data at rest and in transit in AWS.
  • Learn to centrally deploy and manage AWS accounts using AWS Organzations.

Syllabus

WEEK 1
Data Protection in AWS
Welcome to Week 1 of the AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance course. This week, we will be introduced to the features and use cases of AWS Systems Manager service. We will learn Patch Manager to install required Service Packs on Windows nodes and perform version upgrades on Linux nodes. We will also explore Parameter Store, Run Command for the configuration of data management and secrets management and securely manage the configuration of your managed nodes. By the end of the week, we will explore AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) to handle, provision, and deploy public and private SSL/TLS certificates.

WEEK 2
Data Compliance in AWS
Welcome to Week 2 of the AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance course. This week, we will be introduced to AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for symmetric and asymmetric key management . We will also explore Policy Conditions and Grant feature. We will learn to implement and explore key management with S3 Bucket, EBS Volumes. By the end of the week, we will explore AWS CloudHSM helps you meet compliance requirements for data security.

WEEK 3
Management and Security Governance in AWS
Welcome to Week 3 of the AWS: Data Protection and Security Governance course. This week, we will be introduced to Security Governance related services in AWS. We will explore and implement AWS Organizations, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Config and Amazon Macie. By the end of the week, we should have a good understanding on implementing a secure and consistent deployment strategy for cloud resources.

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