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See 3 moreThis course introduces the AWS Key Management Service, commonly referred to as KMS. It explains how the service uses cryptography to protect data stored in AWS.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will have a greater understanding of the following:
- The basics of encryption.
- What the AWS KMS service has been designed to help you with.
- The different core components and features of KMS, including:
- AWS KMS Keys
- Customer keys, AWS Managed Keys, and AWS Owned keys
- HMAC Keys
- Data Keys
- Data Key Pairs
- Key Material
- Key Rotation
- Key Policies
- Grants
Intended Audience
This course has been created for those who have the responsibility to enforce data security measures within AWS, to ensure that the appropriate controls are in place to effectively protect both company and customer data from being accessed by unauthorized parties.
Prerequisites
As a prerequisite, you should have a basic understanding of AWS storage services such as Amazon S3.
Hello and welcome to this course where I shall be introducing you to the AWS Key Management Service, commonly referred to as KMS. I will explain how this service is used to protect data stored in AWS through the use of cryptography.
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This course has been created for those who have the responsibility to enforce data security measures within AWS to ensure that the appropriate controls are in place to effectively protect both company and customer data from being accessed by unauthorized parties.
By the end of this course, you will have a greater understanding of:
- The basics of encryption
- What the AWS KMS service has been designed to help you with
- The different core components and features of KMS, including:
- AWS KMS Keys
- Customer keys, AWS Managed Keys, and AWS Owned keys
- HMAC Keys
- Data Keys
- Data Key Pairs
- Key Material
- Key Rotation
- Key Policies
- Grants
As a prerequisite, you should have a basic understanding of AWS storage services, such as Amazon S3.
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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.
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