VetsinTech AWS CCP & Security Specialty

This course is valued at more than $8,000 and is being provided at scholarship pricing!

This course is a 4-week commitment at 2 hours per day, Monday thru Thursday

Registration Instructions:

Orientation will be on the first Thursday of ANY month at https://vetsintech.co/orientation starting at Noon Eastern

1. Submit application through to https://vetsintech.co/scholarship
2. Login to your VetsinTech account at https://vetsintech.co and validate your military status using the ID.me portal in your account settings.
3. Build your VetsinTech Oplign resume at the following link:https://vetsintech.co/military/resume-submission
4. Attend virtual orientation (via zoom) at the link above ⬆️
5. Complete your ticket purchase through this Eventbrite listing.

Course Zoom link:

Format: The Course will be a live instructor-led hands-on course which would help you prepare for the AWS Cloud Practitioner and AWS Security Speciality.

Duration: The total duration of the course is 40 hours split into 4 consecutive weeks i.e 4 days each week. Each lecture will be 2 hours long and will be held online on Zoom meetings.

Timing: 4 PM to 6 PM Pacific Time

Prerequisites:

• Basics of Computing
• Fundamentals of any programming language

Hands on Lab: Enrolled students need to create their own AWS Free Tier account to perform all the hands-on portions of the course(s) with their own funding method. Guidelines to create the Free-Tier account will be provided by the instructors. Lab instructions will be shared on the Canvas platform

Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered at the end of various modules to solidify student’s comprehension of the material.

Engagement is a crucial part of the learning process, hence attendance in LIVE class is mandatory. However, in the event a student cannot attend, the lecture will be recorded, and a link will be provided on a case-by-case basis. Excuses are limited to not more than 2 classes with prior information.

Course Outline - Tentative

Week 1 and 2 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Course Introduction

Exploring the Exam Blueprint

Exploring the Exam Blueprint

Introduction to Cloud

Foundations of Cloud Computing

Understanding Cloud Computing

Exploring the Advantages of Cloud Computing

Reviewing Cloud Computing and Deployment Models

Leveraging the AWS Global Infrastructure

Exploring Your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account

Technology Part I

Exploring Compute Services: EC2

Exploring Compute Services: EC2 in Action

Exploring Compute Services: Lambda

Exploring Compute Services: Additional Compute Services

Leveraging Storage Services: S3

Leveraging Storage Services: S3 in Action

Leveraging Storage Services: Additional Storage Services

Understanding Content Delivery Services

Understanding Networking Services: VPC and Subcomponents

Understanding Networking Services: Additional Networking Services

Technology Part II

Utilizing Databases

Exploring Migration and Transfer Services

Leveraging Analytics Services

Leveraging Machine Learning Services

Understanding Developer Tools

Exploring Deployment and Infrastructure Management Services

Utilizing Messaging and Integration Services: SQS

Utilizing Messaging and Integration Services: SNS and SES

Exploring Auditing, Monitoring, and Logging Services

Exploring Additional Services

Security and Compliance

Introduction

Understanding the Shared Responsibility Model

Leveraging the Well-Architected Framework

Understanding IAM Users

Understanding IAM Permissions

Exploring Application Security Services

Exploring Additional Security Services

Utilizing Data Encryption and Secrets Management Services

Pricing, Billing, and Governance

Introduction

Understanding AWS Pricing

Understanding Billing Services

Exploring Governance Services

Utilizing Management Services

Exploring Support Plans

Exam Preparation:

Q and A Walkthrough

Final Quiz

Conclusion

Week 3 & 4 AWS Certified Security – Specialty

Introduction

Course Introduction

About the Exam

Using the AWS CLI and AWS SDK

Shared Responsibility Model

Identity and Access Management Domain

IAM Refresher

Important AWS Root User Account Concepts

Exploring AWS Identities - Part 1

Exploring AWS Identities - Part 2

Granting and Denying Access via IAM Policies

Interpreting IAM Policies

Importance of AWS Security Token Service (STS)

Using Web Identity Federation

Creating User Pools and Identity Pools in Amazon Cognito

Authentication with AWS Directory Service - Part 1

Authentication with AWS Directory Service - Part 2

Leveraging AWS Organizations for AWS Account Access

Q and AIdentity and Access Management in AWS

Logging and Monitoring Domain

Logging and Metrics Using Amazon CloudWatch

Using CloudWatch for Resource Monitoring

Auditing AWS Accounts with AWS CloudTrail

Demo: Examining CloudTrail Events

Logging with Amazon Kinesis and Amazon OpenSearch (Elasticsearch)

Work with AWS VPC Flow Logs for Network Monitoring

Continuously Auditing AWS with AWS Audit Manager

Incident Response Domain

Recording AWS Resource Changes with AWS Config

Remediating EC2 Auto Scaling Group Modifications with EventBridge

Threat Detection with Amazon GuardDuty

Remediating Amazon GuardDuty Findings

Assessing EC2 Instances with Amazon Inspector

Automated Patching Using AWS Systems Manager

Security Compliance Reporting Using AWS Artifact

Responding to AWS Abuse Notices

Infrastructure Security Domain

AWS Key Management Service (KMS) Fundamentals

Implementing Envelope Encryption with AWS KMS

Blocking Malicious Traffic with AWS WAF and AWS Firewall Manager

Intrusion Detection and Prevention via AWS Network Firewall

Locking Down CloudFront Distributions Integrated with Amazon S3

Securing HTTP Calls with Lambda@Edge

Preventing DDoS Attacks with AWS Shield

Auditing Compromised Resources with AWS Security Hub

Network Security via VPNs

Customizing VPCs, Routing, and Security Controls - Part 1

Customizing VPCs, Routing, and Security Controls - Part 2

Securely Connecting to VPCs

Private Service Connections via VPC Endpoints

Data Protection Domain

TLS Certificate Management with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

Secure Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - Part 1

Secure Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - Part 2

Controlling Sensitive Data with Amazon Macie

Secure Storage with Amazon S3

Miscellaneous Services and Concepts

Controlling Access to Amazon QuickSight

Parameter Store and Secrets Manager for Sensitive Data

Filtering and Rejecting EC2 Instance Traffic

Kinesis Encryption

Exam Preparation:

Q and A Walkthrough

Final Quiz

Conclusion

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