About this Event
This course is valued at more than $8,000 and is being provided at scholarship pricing!
This course is a 5-week commitment at 2 hours per day, Monday thru Thursday
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Pending successful completion of the course, students will get a FULL REFUND
Registration Instructions:
- Submit application through this
- Schedule 1-on -1 applicant interview
- After approval (3-5 business days), complete this Eventbrite Registration
Registration Requirements:
- MUST be Active Duty, Trainsitioning Veteran, Separated Veteran, or Spouse of one of these
- MUST have an active account at
- MUST have validated through the at the website above
- MUST commit to attending the Orientation and all daily sessions. Orientation will be held the week prior to the course beginning. This Orientation will be at 9AM Pacific. Details will be shared upon acceptance into the course.
Students that do not attend the Orientation will not be allowed to attend the course unless arrangements are made through the Education Director or Education Coordinator.
Priority seating for the course will be for unemployed students. If remaining slots are available, seats will be assigned accordingly.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE: Pending successful completion of the course, students will get a FULL REFUND
Total Duration: 5 Weeks
Timing: Monday to Thursday 5 PM to 7 PM PST
Format: The Course will be a live instructor-led hands-on course which would help you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and the AWS Certified Security - Specialty.
The total duration of the course is 40 hours split into 5 consecutive weeks i.e 4 days each week. Each lecture will be 2 hours long and will be held online on Zoom meetings.
Attendance to the lectures is expected. Engagement is a crucial part of the learning process. However, in the event a student cannot attend, the lecture will be recorded, and a link will be provided on a case-by-case basis. Excuses are limited to not more than 2 classes.
Hands on Lab: Enrolled students need to create their own AWS Free Tier account to perform all the hands-on portions of the course(s) with their own funding method. Guidelines to create the Free-Tier account will be provided by the instructors. Lab instructions will be shared on the Canvas platform
Quizzes: Quizzes will be administered at the end of various modules to solidify student’s comprehension of the material.
Course Outline
Week 1 and 2 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Course Introduction
- Exploring the Exam Blueprint
- Exploring the Exam Blueprint
- Introduction to Cloud
Foundations of Cloud Computing
- Understanding Cloud Computing
- Exploring the Advantages of Cloud Computing
- Reviewing Cloud Computing and Deployment Models
- Leveraging the AWS Global Infrastructure
- Exploring Your Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account
Technology Part I
- Exploring Compute Services: EC2
- Exploring Compute Services: EC2 in Action
- Exploring Compute Services: Lambda
- Exploring Compute Services: Additional Compute Services
- Leveraging Storage Services: S3
- Leveraging Storage Services: S3 in Action
- Leveraging Storage Services: Additional Storage Services
- Understanding Content Delivery Services
- Understanding Networking Services: VPC and Subcomponents
- Understanding Networking Services: Additional Networking Services
Technology Part II
- Utilizing Databases
- Exploring Migration and Transfer Services
- Leveraging Analytics Services
- Leveraging Machine Learning Services
- Understanding Developer Tools
- Exploring Deployment and Infrastructure Management Services
- Utilizing Messaging and Integration Services: SQS
- Utilizing Messaging and Integration Services: SNS and SES
- Exploring Auditing, Monitoring, and Logging Services
- Exploring Additional Services
Security and Compliance
- Introduction
- Understanding the Shared Responsibility Model
- Leveraging the Well-Architected Framework
- Understanding IAM Users
- Understanding IAM Permissions
- Exploring Application Security Services
- Exploring Additional Security Services
- Utilizing Data Encryption and Secrets Management Services
Pricing, Billing, and Governance
- Introduction
- Understanding AWS Pricing
- Understanding Billing Services
- Exploring Governance Services
- Utilizing Management Services
- Exploring Support Plans
Exam Preparation:
- Q and A Walkthrough
- Final Quiz
- Conclusion
Week 3, 4 and 5 AWS Certified Security – Specialty
- Introduction
- Course Introduction
- About the Exam
- Using the AWS CLI and AWS SDK
- Shared Responsibility Model
Identity and Access Management Domain
- IAM Refresher
- Important AWS Root User Account Concepts
- Exploring AWS Identities - Part 1
- Exploring AWS Identities - Part 2
- Granting and Denying Access via IAM Policies
- Interpreting IAM Policies
- Importance of AWS Security Token Service (STS)
- Using Web Identity Federation
- Creating User Pools and Identity Pools in Amazon Cognito
- Authentication with AWS Directory Service - Part 1
- Authentication with AWS Directory Service - Part 2
- Leveraging AWS Organizations for AWS Account Access
- Q and AIdentity and Access Management in AWS
Logging and Monitoring Domain
- Logging and Metrics Using Amazon CloudWatch
- Using CloudWatch for Resource Monitoring
- Auditing AWS Accounts with AWS CloudTrail
- Demo: Examining CloudTrail Events
- Logging with Amazon Kinesis and Amazon OpenSearch (Elasticsearch)
- Work with AWS VPC Flow Logs for Network Monitoring
- Continuously Auditing AWS with AWS Audit Manager
Incident Response Domain
- Recording AWS Resource Changes with AWS Config
- Remediating EC2 Auto Scaling Group Modifications with EventBridge
- Threat Detection with Amazon GuardDuty
- Remediating Amazon GuardDuty Findings
- Assessing EC2 Instances with Amazon Inspector
- Automated Patching Using AWS Systems Manager
- Security Compliance Reporting Using AWS Artifact
- Responding to AWS Abuse Notices
Infrastructure Security Domain
- AWS Key Management Service (KMS) Fundamentals
- Implementing Envelope Encryption with AWS KMS
- Blocking Malicious Traffic with AWS WAF and AWS Firewall Manager
- Intrusion Detection and Prevention via AWS Network Firewall
- Locking Down CloudFront Distributions Integrated with Amazon S3
- Securing HTTP Calls with Lambda@Edge
- Preventing DDoS Attacks with AWS Shield
- Auditing Compromised Resources with AWS Security Hub
- Network Security via VPNs
- Customizing VPCs, Routing, and Security Controls - Part 1
- Customizing VPCs, Routing, and Security Controls - Part 2
- Securely Connecting to VPCs
- Private Service Connections via VPC Endpoints
Data Protection Domain
- TLS Certificate Management with AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
- Secure Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - Part 1
- Secure Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) - Part 2
- Controlling Sensitive Data with Amazon Macie
- Secure Storage with Amazon S3
Miscellaneous Services and Concepts
- Controlling Access to Amazon QuickSight
- Parameter Store and Secrets Manager for Sensitive Data
- Filtering and Rejecting EC2 Instance Traffic
- Kinesis Encryption
Exam Preparation:
- Q and A Walkthrough
- Final Quiz
- Conclusion
Event Venue
Online
USD 80.00
