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The Building Secure Cloud Infrastructure on AWS specialization is designed to help you develop the knowledge and practical skills required to build, secure, and manage AWS cloud environments. As organizations continue to migrate critical workloads to the cloud, implementing strong security, governance, compliance, and data protection practices has become essential for ensuring business continuity and protecting sensitive information.
This specialization provides a structured learning path covering the core AWS services used to secure cloud infrastructure. You'll learn how to manage identities and permissions, protect data using encryption, detect and respond to security threats, monitor AWS resources, automate infrastructure management, and implement storage security best practices. Through expert-led video lessons and hands-on demonstrations, you'll gain practical experience working with AWS security, governance, and infrastructure management services used in real-world environments.
The specialization includes approximately 8+ hours of video training, combining conceptual learning with practical demonstrations to help reinforce key concepts. Each course contains quizzes and assessments to validate your understanding and strengthen your cloud security knowledge.
Courses in this Specialization:
Course 1 – AWS Identity & Security Services
Course 2 – AWS Governance, Compliance & Infrastructure Management
Course 3 – AWS Storage Security & Data Protection
Syllabus
- Course 1: AWS Identity & Security Services
- Course 2: AWS Storage Security & Data Protection
- Course 3: AWS Governance, Compliance & Infrastructure Management
- Course 4: AWS Data Analytics and Processing
Courses
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The **Data Analytics and Processing on AWS** course is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of AWS services used for data analytics, big data processing, data integration, and visualization. This course introduces the core AWS analytics services that enable organizations to ingest, process, analyze, and visualize large volumes of data, helping them build scalable, data-driven solutions in the cloud. The course covers key services such as Amazon Redshift for data warehousing, Amazon EMR for big data processing, Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Data Firehose for real-time data ingestion, AWS Glue for data integration and ETL, Amazon Athena for serverless data querying, Amazon QuickSight for business intelligence and visualization, and Amazon OpenSearch Service for search and analytics. Learners will also gain hands-on experience performing ETL operations using AWS Glue and querying data using Amazon Athena through practical demonstrations. This course is structured into two modules, each containing lessons and video lectures. Learners will engage with approximately **4–6 hours** of video content, combining conceptual understanding with practical demonstrations of AWS analytics and data processing services. Each module includes quizzes to reinforce learning and validate understanding of key concepts. **Course Modules:** **Module 1:** Data Analytics and Processing Services on AWS **Module 2:** AWS Data Integration, Analytics, and Visualization By the end of this course, a learner will be able to: * Understand the core AWS services used for data analytics and big data processing. * Process large-scale datasets using Amazon EMR and Amazon Redshift. * Implement real-time data ingestion using Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Amazon Data Firehose. * Build and automate ETL pipelines using AWS Glue. * Query data efficiently using Amazon Athena. * Create interactive dashboards and visualizations using Amazon QuickSight. * Implement search and analytics solutions using Amazon OpenSearch Service. * Apply AWS best practices for building scalable and efficient analytics workflows. This course is ideal for data engineers, data analysts, cloud engineers, solutions architects, and IT professionals looking to develop foundational skills in AWS analytics and data processing services. It also provides the knowledge required to build modern analytics solutions and supports preparation for AWS data engineering and analytics-focused roles.
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The AWS Governance, Compliance & Infrastructure Management course provides a comprehensive introduction to AWS services that help organizations govern cloud environments, monitor resources, maintain compliance, automate infrastructure, and improve operational efficiency. You'll learn how to monitor AWS workloads, track configuration changes, audit user activity, automate deployments, and optimize cloud operations using AWS management services. Designed for cloud administrators, DevOps engineers, solutions architects, and IT professionals, this course combines expert-led video lessons with hands-on demonstrations to help you build reliable, compliant, and well-managed AWS environments. Why Learn This Course? Managing cloud infrastructure goes beyond deploying resources—it requires continuous monitoring, governance, compliance, and automation. AWS provides a rich set of services that simplify cloud operations while helping organizations maintain security, reliability, and operational excellence. Whether you're preparing for an AWS certification or looking to improve your cloud operations skills, this course provides practical knowledge of AWS governance and infrastructure management services. Course Modules Module 1: Governance & Monitoring Module 2: Automation & Operational Excellence
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The AWS Identity & Security Services course provides a comprehensive introduction to the AWS services used to secure cloud environments, manage identities, protect sensitive data, and defend applications against evolving security threats. You'll explore identity and access management, encryption, threat detection, vulnerability assessment, and security best practices using AWS's native security services. Designed for cloud professionals, developers, security engineers, and solutions architects, this course combines expert-led video lessons with hands-on demonstrations to help you implement secure authentication, authorization, encryption, and continuous security monitoring across AWS environments. Why Learn This Course? Security is a shared responsibility in the AWS Cloud, and organizations require professionals who understand how to protect cloud workloads and sensitive information. This course equips you with the knowledge to implement AWS security best practices using industry-leading identity, encryption, and threat protection services. Whether you're preparing for an AWS certification or strengthening your cloud security skills, this course provides the practical knowledge needed to secure modern AWS environments. Course Modules Module 1: Identity & Access Management Module 2: Encryption & Threat Protection
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The AWS Storage Security & Data Protection course provides a comprehensive introduction to securing data stored on AWS using Amazon S3 and AWS encryption services. You'll learn how to protect cloud storage with access controls, encryption, key management, and secure storage practices while implementing industry-recommended security measures. Designed for cloud engineers, security professionals, developers, and solutions architects, this course combines expert-led video lessons with hands-on demonstrations to help you safeguard sensitive information throughout its lifecycle using AWS storage and encryption services. Why Learn This Course? Protecting data is one of the most critical responsibilities in cloud computing. AWS offers powerful storage security and encryption services that enable organizations to secure sensitive information, meet compliance requirements, and reduce security risks. Whether you're preparing for an AWS certification or enhancing your cloud security expertise, this course provides practical knowledge for implementing secure storage and encryption strategies on AWS. Course Modules Module 1: Amazon S3 Security Module 2: AWS Key Management & Encryption in Practice
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