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AWS Protective Controls

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.

Updated April 2019

2Skills
19Videos
2h 28mTotal
19 videos2h 28m

Who This Course Is 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.

Skills Your Team Will Gain

  • 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

Course Curriculum

  • Premium skill.Introduction to Network Security1h 9m
  • Premium skill.Advanced Networking and Edge Controls1h 19m

Readiness check

Confirm prerequisite knowledge before training begins

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  • Questions generated from this course's own lesson transcripts — what gets measured is exactly what gets taught
  • Instant, per-learner results that show whether the prerequisite foundation is in place
  • Results roll up into team readiness reporting, so training hours go where they change outcomes

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