Configuring Shield
Please note that this course has been removed from our library and replaced with the following courses:
- Protecting your Web Apps Against Common Exploits Using AWS WAF
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to Centrally Manage Firewall Rules with Multiple Accounts
- Managed DDoS Protection with AWS Shield
Explore the 3 AWS services, designed to help protect your web applications from external malicious activity, with this course. Once getting started, this course will delve into depth on all three services, comprised of AWS Web Application Firewall Service (WAF), AWS Firewall Manager and AWS Shield. By learning how all three services can be used together for enhanced protection of web applications you enterprise will wholly benefit from all the advantages that these services have to offer.
Study the core principles, understand the importance and discuss how protecting web apps with AWS can elevate your business to the next level with this cohesive course made up of 14 lectures, including demos.
Learning Objectives
- Gain a core foundation of what AWS WAF is and what it does
- Knowledge of how to configure and implement a WAF solution
- Analyze how AWS WAF works closely with AWS CloudFront
- An understanding of how AWS Firewall Manager can be used to help you control AWS WAF across multiple accounts
- How AWS Shield is protecting Distributed Denial of Service attacks
- An awareness of different types of DDoS attacks
- An awareness of the step involved in configuring AWS Shield Advanced
Intended Audience
- Security architects
- Technical engineers
- Website administrators
- Anyone requiring a deeper understanding of WAF, Shield, and Firewall Manager
Prerequisites
Cloud Academy would recommend having a basic understanding of the following, before starting this course:
- Amazon CloudFront Distributions
- AWS Application Load Balancer
- AWS Organizations
- The 7 layers of the OSI model
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