AWS Security Essentials
summary
Gives a checklist: enforce automation (Terraform/CloudFormation/Ansible) so humans stop clicking console buttons, restrict console logins and root use with MFA, and require STS assume-role workflows via tools like AWS Vault. Encrypt all data stores with a KMS key attached (RDS toggles on with one config line); enable VPC isolation, VPC flow logs, CloudTrail and CloudWatch alerts, run Scout2 for config audits, feed logs into GuardDuty/third‑party SIEM, and wire audits into CI to reject unsafe changes or trigger rollbacks.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Intro
- 4:38Key Areas
- 10:20Automation Checklist
- 20:24IAM Checklist
- 26:32Network Design Checklist
- 32:37Encryption Checklist
- 39:46Alert Event Examples
- 42:01Auditing Checklist
- 46:51CI Checklist
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