Understanding AWS Security and Management—From Zero to Hero

Understanding AWS Security and Management—From Zero to Hero
Understanding AWS Security and Management—From Zero to Hero

CLOUD LABS

Understanding AWS Security and Management—From Zero to Hero

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll master AWS security and identity management services using IAM policies and KMS keys.

12 Tasks

beginner

2hr 30m

Certificate of Completion

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No Setup Required
Amazon Web Services

Learning Objectives

Thorough understanding of AWS Key Management Service and its role
Hands-on experience integrating AWS KMS with other AWS services
An understanding of AWS IAM and its application to secure AWS resources
Working knowledge of IAM users and user groups

Technologies
AWS logoAWS
IAM logoIAM
KMS
Lambda logoLambda
S3 logoS3
DynamoDB logoDynamoDB
Cloud Lab Overview

AWS offers a comprehensive security framework for services using IAM and KMS work together. This combination helps protect sensitive information in AWS environments. 

In this Cloud Lab, you’ll thoroughly explore the security and identity management services provided by AWS, focusing on IAM and KMS. You’ll learn about different IAM policies, create a user group with different policies, and add a user. Next, you’ll create an S3 bucket and attach a resource-based policy to allow public access. Then, you’ll create an execution role for a Lambda function. After this, you’ll create a customer-managed key for encrypted storage and database. Then, you’ll try to access it with a different user and learn how encryption key access works.

By the end of this Cloud Lab, you’ll have practical experience in using IAM identity-based policy, resource-based policy, and KMS keys for encrypting and decrypting AWS resources.

The following is the high-level architecture diagram of the infrastructure that you’ll create in this Cloud Lab:

Architecture diagram
Architecture diagram
Cloud Lab Tasks
1.Introduction
Getting Started
2.Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Introduction to IAM
IAM Policy
Create an IAM Group and Add a User
Configure a Resource-Based Policy
Configure an IAM Role
3.Key Management Service (KMS)
Create a Customer-Managed Key
Encrypt an AWS Database
Encrypt an AWS Storage
Access the Database and Storage with the Main Account
4.Conclusion
Clean Up
Wrap Up
Labs Rules Apply
Stay within resource usage requirements.
Do not engage in cryptocurrency mining.
Do not engage in or encourage activity that is illegal.

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