Lynda - AWS for DevOps Security, Governance, and Validation

Released: 9/8/2017

In this course—which was designed for DevOps professionals working with the AWS cloud—learn about AWS tools and best practices for security, governance, and validation. Instructor Lynn Langit covers different security and governance approaches, including outcome-based validation with service level agreements, outcome-based security with audits, and protecting data in-flight and at-rest. Lynn discusses using AWS tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Inspector for security monitoring. Plus, she shows how to use third-party security and governance tools, and shares cost control approaches for AWS service billing. This course can also be used as an exam preparation resource, as it covers the topics in the third domain of the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer exam: Security, Governance, and Validation.
Topics include:

Security and governance approaches
Service cost predictability
Protecting data in-flight and at-rest
IAM best practices
Security via AWS Inspector, AWS Trusted Advisor, and AWS KMS
Console tools for cost control
Total service costs for AWS
Using the AWS billing dashboard
Third-party security and governance tools
Approaches to security and cost control


Official Lynda Tutorial Link