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How to Find PHI and Sensitive Data in Your S3 Buckets with Amazon Macie
Course Introduction
Difficulty
Intermediate
Duration
15m
Students
345
Ratings
4.2/5
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Description

This course explores the Amazon Macie service and how it helps you keep track of your S3 buckets and warns you about any sensitive data it might find.

Learning Objectives

  • Learn about Amazon Macie and how it can help secure your S3 buckets
  • Learn how you can take automated actions against security vulnerabilities within your S3 buckets using Amazon Macie
  • Understand how Amazon Macie integrates with AWS Security Hub and AWS Organizations to make account management and security easier

Intended Audience

  • Solutions architects
  • Developers
  • Anyone interested in learning how they can increase the security of their architectures that utilize S3 for data storage

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this course, you should have a decent understanding of cloud computing and cloud architectures, specifically Amazon Web Services. You should also have some background knowledge about security within the cloud, as well as with S3.

Transcript

Hello, my name is Will Meadows and today we will be talking about Amazon Macie. This service helps you to keep track of all your S3 buckets and can warn you about any sensitive data it might find. If you have any questions about anything I cover in this series, please let me know at will.meadows@cloudacademy.com. Alternatively, you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an email to support@cloudacademy.com. And one of our cloud experts will reply to your question, concern, or comment.

Who should attend this course? I would recommend this course for any solutions architects, developers, or generally curious people, who are interested in learning how they can increase the security of their architectures that utilize S3 for data storage. Learning Objectives. Our learning objectives for this course are to learn about Amazon Macie and how it can help secure your S3 buckets. Additionally, we will learn how you can take automated actions against security vulnerabilities within your S3 buckets using Amazon Macie. Finally, we will learn how Amazon Macie integrates with AWS security hub and AWS organizations to make account management and security easier.

Prerequisites. You should have a decent understanding of cloud computing and cloud architectures, specifically with Amazon Web Services. You should also have some background knowledge about security within the cloud, as well as with S3.

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About the Author

William Meadows is a passionately curious human currently living in the Bay Area in California. His career has included working with lasers, teaching teenagers how to code, and creating classes about cloud technology that are taught all over the world. His dedication to completing goals and helping others is what brings meaning to his life. In his free time, he enjoys reading Reddit, playing video games, and writing books.