Security Groups
This lesson 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 lesson you should have a basic understanding of AWS IAM, Amazon S3, VPCs, and EC2, but this is not essential.
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