Hello and welcome to this course, which is going to explain how to configure Amazon GuardDuty to work across multiple AWS accounts. I’ll also explain the different permissions required and used when working with Amazon GuardDuty.

Before we begin - I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Alana Layton and I am an AWS content creator 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 in a role of a security consultant or specialist, security analyst, security auditor, Cloud architect, or Cloud operational support analyst. This would also be valuable to anyone looking to learn more about AWS Security and threat detection within AWS.

By the end of this course, you will have a greater understanding of Amazon GuardDuty, including:

The terminology for using a multi-account strategy with Amazon GuardDuty
How to connect multiple AWS accounts to centralize findings in one place
How to ensure you have the correct permissions in place to successfully work with Amazon GuardDuty

As a prerequisite to this course, you should have a basic understanding of the fundamentals of AWS, along with an awareness of different security measures and mechanisms that are offered by different AWS services, such as IAM resources, specifically IAM Policies and IAM roles. It also helps to understand AWS Organizations at a fundamental level and have a basic understanding of Amazon GuardDuty. If you’d like more information on some of these features, check out the following courses titled:

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