AWS Training and Certification Blog

The AWS Skills Center is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a special event featuring a main stage panel of successful AWS women sharing their personal stories about the career challenges they’ve overcome and the successes they’ve achieved . . .

AWS Training and Certification is excited to announce the relaunch of AWS Educate, which is expanding access to free, on-demand cloud education for learners around the world as young as 13 years old. AWS Educate provides hundreds of hours of free, self-paced training, resources, and labs specifically designed for the new-to-the-cloud learner . . .

AWS Training and Certification recently commissioned a research study from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) of 1,000 learners from IT operations, cybersecurity, application development, and lines-of-business (LOBs), like sales, marketing, finance, and product teams. Respondents included employees in midmarket organizations and enterprises, with representation across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The respondents were asked a series of questions related to their personal learning outcomes. This blog details how these learners perceived the value of AWS Training and Certification . . .

Today marks International Women’s Day (IWD), a global holiday designed to celebrate the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. It’s also a call to action to advance women’s equality. This post shares key topics discussed during AWS re:Invent 2021, when we brought together an esteemed group of professionals to share how they are #BreakingTheBias in a powerful conversation called Cultivating a Culture Where Technical Women Flourish . . .

Check out a summary of new courses, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification news, customer successes, and other updates from AWS Training and Certification for February 2022. Dive in and explore new stories, content, and resources . . .

Check out new courses launched in February, including a four-part series on AWS Security best practices and the basics of AWS cloud operations management . . .

Maureen Lonergan, Vice President of Training and Certification for Amazon Web Services (AWS), shares the following five trends that are driving training strategies and priorities in 2022: 1) retaining talent supersedes hiring new talent, 2) cloud skills training moves beyond the IT desk, 3) making space and time to prioritize learning, 4) skills training as the innovation enabler, and 5) personalized training becomes the standard . . .

AWS is excited to sponsor Tech Up BLNA, a two day event taking place on Thursday, March 3, and Friday, March 4 that will support professionals from Black, Latinx, and Native American communities to advance, innovate, and cultivate an inclusive future through technology.

This intermediate-level training series helps security professionals continue to build their ongoing security skills. Episodes are structured around specific security scenarios and occasionally delve into in-the-moment and timely security-response topics. You’ll gain valuable information that aids your day-to-day work in secure systems, regulatory compliance, vulnerability and penetration testing, incident response, and more. . .

In our end-of-the-month roundup, catch up on the latest T&C news and updates for January 2022 . . .