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AWS Certified Security - Specialty

AWS Certified Security - Specialty Crash Course

Published by Pearson

Advanced content levelAdvanced
  • Review the objectives on the AWS SCS-C01 exam
  • Learn the principles and uses for AWS’s key security services and features
  • Explore security strategies so you can pass the test and do the work
  • Participate in question reviews and learn best practices for passing the exam

Get the edge you need to take the AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam. In this two-day course you will get targeted training on the core objectives covered in Amazon’s AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam so you have the knowledge you need to successfully study for and pass the test. Included in this course are introductions and explanations of each of the exam question domains, with a strong focus on exam strategies and principles. You will also explore how to approach, decipher and answer real-world practice questions throughout so you can learn how to eliminate the incorrect answers and navigate the exam. Finally, best-selling author and trainer Chad Smith will share his extensive knowledge of the AWS Certified Security exam so you can learn best practices and prepare for exam day with confidence.

AWS Certifications are among the most sought-after in the Technology sector, and the certification exams cover a wide range of services, technologies, and implementation patterns.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • How incident response plans can be crafted using AWS cloud native features
  • How to design and implement security logging and auditing in AWS
  • How to implement infrastructure security both at the edge and in VPC networks
  • How to design, implement, and troubleshoot scalable authentication and authorization systems in AWS
  • How to protect data using various methods including lifecycle management, encryption and key management

And you’ll be able to:

  • Perform a security audit of an AWS account while understanding how to prioritize the results
  • Compare the benefits and tradeoffs of implementing least privilege security permissions in AWS
  • Configure event-driven security monitoring and mitigation using AWS native security services

This live event is for you because...

  • You are a certification exam candidate seeking to hone your skills on exam topics
  • You are an Infrastructure or Security architect responsible for designing systems that will be deployed onto AWS
  • You are a security specialist who will be managing/auditing AWS resources

Prerequisites

  • Solid understanding of common technology topics including ipv4 networking, virtual machines, storage choices and multi-tier application architecture
  • Basic working knowledge of common AWS security-related services such as VPC, IAM, Organizations, WAF and others
  • Experience with encryption technologies both in-transit and at-rest

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Follow-up

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Day 1

Exam Details and Key Resources (60 minutes)

  • Exam Logistics
  • Candidate Skills
  • Break – 10 minutes

Incident Response (30 minutes)

  • Incident Response Services
  • Troubleshooting Techniques
  • Question Breakdown
  • Break – 10 minutes

Logging and Monitoring (60 minutes)

  • Security Monitoring and Alerting
  • Question Breakdown
  • Log Monitoring and Alerting
  • Question Breakdown
  • Break – 10 minutes

Infrastructure Security Part I (60 minutes)

  • Edge Security Services
  • Network Security Services
  • Question Breakdown

Q&A – 15 minutes

Day 2

Infrastructure Security - Part II (60 minutes)

  • Secure Network Troubleshooting
  • Host-based Security
  • Question Breakdown
  • Break – 10 minutes

Identity and Access Management (60 minutes)

  • IAM Policies
  • IAM Roles
  • Question Breakdown
  • Identity Federation
  • Resource-based Access Control
  • Question Breakdown
  • Break – 10 minutes

Data Protection (75 minutes)

  • KMS access control
  • KMS use cases
  • KMS troubleshooting
  • Question Breakdown
  • Data Encryption at rest
  • Data Encryption in transit
  • Question Breakdown

Q&A 15 minutes

Your Instructor

  • Chad Smith

    Chad Smith is a technology professional, author and trainer focused on cloud infrastructure and management. He is the Principal Cloud Architect at Brightkey.cloud and has a wealth of personal real-world experience in cloud adoption, infrastructure design, operations and security. Chad holds current AWS certifications in Architecture, SysOps, Security, Networking and Databases and is also certified in CompTIA Cloud+.

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