AWS: Identity and Access Management

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AWS: Identity and Access Management

This course is part of Exam Prep SCS-C02: AWS Certified Security – Specialty Specialization

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

6 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Learn to troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues in AWS.
Explore methods securing access to S3 buckets.

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8 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 3 modules in this course

AWS: Identity and Access Management Course is the third course of Exam Prep SCS-C02: AWS Certified Security – Specialty Specialization. This course focuses on designing, implementing, and troubleshooting authentication and authorization for AWS resources. The course is divided into two 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: Authorization in AWS Module 2: Authentication in AWS Module 3: Storage Security in AWS Two years of experience in troubleshooting issues involving AWS IAM and Amazon S3. 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 policy evaluation and best practices by using AWS IAM. - Evaluate methods for managing identities and credentials in AWS - Troubleshoot authentication and authorization issues in AWS. - Design resource policies to restrict access to authorized users' using S3 bucket policies.

Welcome to Week 1 of the AWS: Identity and Access Management Course. This week, we’ll learn IAM concepts like IAM Users, Roles, Policies and Groups. We'll also explore ways to secure multiple user accounts by evaluating IAM Policies. By the end of the week, we should have a good understanding of how to provide account security.

What's included

8 videos3 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt

8 videos Total 47 minutes

Identity and Access Management 5 minutes
Lab - Working with users and groups 9 minutes
Lab - Account Security Status 4 minutes
Lab - Protecting user accounts 3 minutes
Best practices for IAM 4 minutes
Lab - IAM Policies 10 minutes
Lab - Policy evaluation 8 minutes
Lab - IAM Roles 5 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Course Outline 10 minutes
Welcome to the Course 10 minutes
Overview of Authorization in AWS 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 35 minutes

AWS IAM Features & Use-Cases - Knowledge Check 15 minutes
Authorization in AWS - Assessment 20 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Meet and Greet 10 minutes

Welcome to Week 2 of the AWS: Identity and Access Management Course. This week, we’ll learn to implement identity store to your web and mobile applications in AWS. We'll also explore methods to manage web identies using federation, identity providers, and Amazon Cognito. By the end of the week, we should have a good understanding of how to create and manage identities, along with implement, and troubleshoot authentication for AWS resources.

What's included

4 videos1 reading2 assignments

4 videos Total 23 minutes

Lab - Cross Account Access 8 minutes
Lab - AWS Cognito 8 minutes
AWS Federated Authentication 3 minutes
Web Identity federation 4 minutes

1 reading Total 10 minutes

Overview of Authentication in AWS 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 30 minutes

AWS Cognito: Managing identities - Knowledge Check 15 minutes
Authentication in AWS - Assessment 15 minutes

Welcome to Week 3 of the AWS: Identity and Access Management Course. This week, we’ll focus on the object storage and how to manage its access using access control lists and bucket policies. We will also explore techniques for encrypting S3 buckets and objects.

What's included

5 videos3 readings4 assignments

5 videos Total 28 minutes

Simple Storage Service 4 minutes
Access Control Lists 2 minutes
Lab - Bucket Policies 7 minutes
Lab - Simple Storage Service - Encryption 4 minutes
Lab - Amazon S3 Glacier 10 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Overview of Storage Security in AWS 10 minutes
Key Takeaways form the course 10 minutes
Course Conclusion 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 115 minutes

Amazon S3 Encryption - Knowledge Check 15 minutes
Project: Enable deletion protection for Amazon S3 Bucket Using Resource-Based Policy and Object Lock 40 minutes
Storage Security in AWS - Assessment 20 minutes
Course Assessment Quiz 40 minutes

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