This course looks at some of the different methods that AWS implements to authorize access within your AWS account, whether this is a user requiring access to an AWS service, or a network packet trying to reach its destination.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how authorization is granted when working within your AWS account
- Understand how S3 handles its own authorization mechanisms
- Use network access control lists to authorize network packets to enter and leave different parts of your VPC
- Learn how AWS security groups provide security at the protocol and port access level
Intended Audience
- AWS Administrators
- Security Engineers
- Security Architects
- Anyone looking to increase their knowledge of security and how authorization is governed within AWS
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this course you should have a basic understanding of AWS IAM, Amazon S3, VPCs, and EC2, but this is not essential.
Hello and welcome to this course where I shall be looking at just some of the different methods that AWS implements to authorize access within your AWS account, whether this is a user requiring access to an AWS service, or a network packet trying to reach its destination.
My name is Stuart Scott, and I am the AWS content Director here at Cloud Academy. Feel free to connect with me to ask any questions using the details shown on the screen, alternatively you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an e-mail to support@cloudacademy.com where one of our Cloud experts will reply to your question.
This course has been created for those who are:
- AWS Administrators
- Security Engineers
- Security Architects
- And anyone who is looking to increase their knowledge of security and how authorization is governed within AWS
By the end of this course you will have a greater understanding of authorization controls across the following services and features:
- AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM)
- Amazon S3
- Network Access Control Lists
- Security Groups
To get the most out of this course you should have a basic understanding of AWS IAM, Amazon S3, VPCs and EC2, but this is not essential.
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Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
Stuart is a member of the AWS Community Builders Program for his contributions towards AWS.
He is AWS certified and accredited in addition to being a published author covering topics across the AWS landscape.
In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
Stuart enjoys writing about cloud technologies and you will find many of his articles within our blog pages.