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Build Cloud Operations Skills Using the New Getting Started with AWS Audit Manager Training

Are you responsible for your organization’s compliance? Do you want to simplify and automate audit activities? Do you want to make sure your organization is compliant with internal control frameworks and industry standards? If you need to simplify your risk and compliance assessments while automating evidence collection in your AWS cloud environment, then getting started with using AWS Audit Manager is a great place to begin.

AWS Audit Manager helps you continuously audit your AWS usage and simplify risk and compliance assessment against regulations, internal control frameworks, and industry standards. Audit Manager automates evidence collection to reduce the manual effort of several cross-functional teams that audit activities often require. It can also help you to scale your auditing capabilities in the cloud as your business grows. With Audit Manager, you can assess if your policies and procedures also known as controls are operating effectively. When it is time for an audit, Audit Manager helps you manage stakeholder reviews of your controls and provides information for building audit-ready reports with less manual effort.

AWS Training and Certification along with the Cloud Operations Technical Field Community is proud to announce the launch of Getting Started with AWS Audit Manager training course.

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About the course

Getting Started with AWS Audit Manager is a foundational level course that covers the benefits, typical use cases, and technical concepts of AWS Audit Manager in an interactive format.

Course objectives include gaining familiarity with the technical concepts of AWS Audit Manager as well as an understanding of how to implement Audit Manager in a real-world scenario. After completing the course, you will have a good understanding of the benefits that Audit Manager provides, the cost structure, and how to interact with the service.

The course includes 1.5 hours of material designed to help you get started with implementing AWS Audit Manager best practices.  All course material is free with an AWS training and certification account.

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:

  • Understand how Audit Manager works.
  • Familiarize yourself with the technical concepts of Audit Manager.
  • List typical use cases for Audit Manager.
  • Specify what it would take to implement Audit Manager in a real-world scenario.
  • Recognize the benefits of Audit Manager.
  • Explain the cost structure of Audit Manager.
  • Show how to use Audit Manager from the AWS Management Console and using the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).

Improve your Cloud Operations skills on AWS

This course can help you build the necessary skills to be successful in the governance, security, and compliance of your AWS resources. AWS Audit Manager has a foundational role in establishing effective Cloud Operations on AWS, and helping your organization maintain compliance and control of your resources. Find further training to help improve your AWS skills in the AWS Skill Builder course catalog.

About the authors:

Karan Edikala

Karan is an Enterprise Solutions Architect at AWS focused on helping mid-large sized companies deliver value through cloud technology. He is also a member of the Cloud Operations technical community, helping customers manage their compliance and auditing requirements on AWS. In his free time he enjoys piloting general aviation planes and going on ski trips.

Craig Edwards

Craig Edwards is a Cloud Operations Specialist Solutions Architect with the Cloud Foundations team at AWS. He specializes in AWS Config, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Audit Manager and AWS Systems Manager. When he is not building cloud solutions, he enjoys being a Father and electric vehicles.

Joshua Choung

Joshua Choung is an Enterprise Solutions Architect and a member of the Cloud Operations technical field community focusing on configuration, compliance, and auditing. When not working with cloud solutions, he proudly serves as a U.S. Naval Officer and enjoys the great outdoors, fitness, sports, and teaching martial arts.

Nereida Woo

Nereida is a Cloud Operations Specialist Solutions Architect focusing on Configuration, Compliance, and Auditing on AWS.

Diwakar Balakrishnan

Diwakar Balakrishnan is a Solutions Architect and a member of the technical field community for Cloud Operations focusing on configuration, compliance and auditing. When he is way from his laptop, he enjoys cooking and driving muscle cars.