AWS Security Essentials
Learn fundamental AWS Cloud security concepts
AWS Security Essentials
AWS Security Essentials covers fundamental AWS Cloud security concepts, including AWS access control, data encryption methods, and how network access to your AWS infrastructure can be secured. Based on the AWS Shared Security Model, this course teaches where in the AWS Cloud you are responsible for implementing security. You’ll also learn what security-oriented services are available to you, as well as why and how the security services can help meet the security needs of your organization.
This course enables you to dive deep, ask questions, work through solutions, and get feedback from AWS-accredited instructors with deep technical knowledge. This fundamental-level course is part of the AWS Training and Certification Security learning path.

Course details
Course overview
- Level: Fundamental
- Type: Classroom (virtual and in person)
- Length: 1 day
What you'll learn
Identify security benefits and responsibilities when using the AWS Cloud
Describe the access control and management features of AWS
Understand the different data encryption methods to secure sensitive data
Describe how to secure network access to your AWS resources
And much more
Who should take this course
IT business-level professionals interested in cloud security practices
Security professionals with minimal working knowledge of AWS
What experience you'll need
Working knowledge of IT security practices and infrastructure concepts
Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
What languages are offered
This live instructor-led course is offered in the following languages: Bahasa Indonesia, English, French (France), German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil), Simplified Chinese, Spanish (Latin America), and Traditional Chinese.
We regularly update our courses based on customer feedback and AWS service updates. As a result, course content may vary between languages while we localize these updates.