Description

Understand how to use AWS IAM to run AWS resources securely against cloud hacks

This course is a comprehensive guide for cloud, security, and software engineers to learn how to avoid security breaches that can affect your business. Be ready to secure your AWS account, manage users, permissions, and roles, and keep control over your AWS cloud resource usage in under 3 hours! This security handbook covers the following topics: •Managing AWS IAM users, roles, and groups •Managing AWS IAM permission policies •Understanding IAM identities •Securing your AWS resources •Enforcing fine-grained permissions for your AWS users •Using encryption for stronger security All the code and supporting files for this course are available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/AWS-IAM-The-Cloud-Engineer-s-Security-Handbook

What You Will Learn

Get well-versed with AWS IAM Identities
Manage and access AWS resources using AWS IAM
Understand AWS IAM custom policies
Discover best practice while working with AWS IAM
Explore the security features that you can implement with AWS IAM

Audience

This course is for cloud engineers/architects, security consultants/architects, IT administrators, and software/DevOps engineers. Tech startup founders and Cloud/AWS enthusiasts will also find this course useful.

Approach

This course will take you through all that you need to know to easily and efficiently control access to AWS Cloud services and resources with the help of step-by-step instructions.

Key Features

Secure your AWS accounts * Manage users, permissions, and roles effectively and easily * Keep control over your AWS cloud resource usage

Github Repo

https://github.com/packtpublishing/aws-iam-the-cloud-engineer-s-security-handbook

About the Author

Manuj Aggarwal

Manuj Aggarwal is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology enthusiast. Over the last few years, he has been a business owner, technical architect, CTO, coder, start up consultant, and more. Currently, he is the principal consultant, architect, and CTO of a software consulting company, TetraNoodle Technologies, based in Vancouver, Canada. He works with various start-ups on a number of cutting edge and interesting problems. Whether it is ideation and the refining of your start up idea, or building a dream team to execute the idea, he provides a diverse set of solutions that help these start-ups to succeed in their plans. He has been active in the software industry since 1997, and has worked with early-stage businesses through to Fortune 100 mega-corporations. He is passionate about sharing all the knowledge that he has acquired over the years. He is particularly interested in helping technical and non-technical entrepreneurs, founders, and co-founders of tech start-ups.

Course Outline

1. Introduction and Course Overview

1. Introduction to AWS IAM

Introduction and Course Overview: Introduction to AWS IAM

2. Course Overview

Introduction and Course Overview: Course Overview

3. Why We Need to Learn AWS IAM

Introduction and Course Overview: Why We Need to Learn AWS IAM

4. Who Uses AWS IAM

Introduction and Course Overview: Who Uses AWS IAM

5. Download Resources

Introduction and Course Overview: Download Resources

6. Get Ready for AWS IAM

Introduction and Course Overview: Get Ready for AWS IAM

2. Getting Started with AWS IAM

1. Get ready with AWS IAM

Getting Started with AWS IAM: Get ready with AWS IAM

2. AWS IAM access made easy

Getting Started with AWS IAM: AWS IAM access made easy

3. Login to AWS as root user

Getting Started with AWS IAM: Login to AWS as root user

3. AWS Identities

1. AWS identities

AWS Identities: AWS identities

2. Introduction to AWS identities

AWS Identities: Introduction to AWS identities

3. Provision new AWS IAM user

AWS Identities: Provision new AWS IAM user

4. Sign in as new AWS IAM user

AWS Identities: Sign in as new AWS IAM user

5. Manage AWS IAM groups

AWS Identities: Manage AWS IAM groups

6. Manage AWS IAM roles

AWS Identities: Manage AWS IAM roles

7. Module Recap and Activity

AWS Identities: Module Recap and Activity

4. AWS IAM Access Management

1. AWS IAM access management

AWS IAM Access Management: AWS IAM access management

2. Deploy AWS EC2 instance

AWS IAM Access Management: Deploy AWS EC2 instance

3. Accessing AWS resources using CLI

AWS IAM Access Management: Accessing AWS resources using CLI

4. Enable / disable AWS IAM keys

AWS IAM Access Management: Enable / disable AWS IAM keys

5. AWS IAM roles

AWS IAM Access Management: AWS IAM roles

6. Create custom AWS IAM policy

AWS IAM Access Management: Create custom AWS IAM policy

7. Custom IAM policies with code

AWS IAM Access Management: Custom IAM policies with code

8. Module Recap and Activity

AWS IAM Access Management: Module Recap and Activity

5. Securing AWS Resources

1. Securing AWS resources

Securing AWS Resources: Securing AWS resources

2. Setup password policies

Securing AWS Resources: Setup password policies

3. Implement MFA for AWS IAM users

Securing AWS Resources: Implement MFA for AWS IAM users

4. AWS IAM policy simulation

Securing AWS Resources: AWS IAM policy simulation

5. Web identity federation

Securing AWS Resources: Web identity federation

6. Encryption key management

Securing AWS Resources: Encryption key management

7. Best practices for AWS IAM

Securing AWS Resources: Best practices for AWS IAM

8. Course recap

Securing AWS Resources: Course recap

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AWS IAM: The Cloud Engineer's Security Handbook

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