Mastering AWS Compliance for Enterprise Security Leaders
Course Format & Delivery Details Designed for Demanding Enterprise Professionals Like You
This self-paced, on-demand course offers immediate online access, allowing you to begin learning the moment you enroll. There are no fixed dates, no time commitments, and no scheduling conflicts. You progress at your own pace, from any location, fitting seamlessly into your executive workflow. Most learners complete the program in 4 to 6 weeks by dedicating 6 to 8 hours per week, with many applying key compliance frameworks to their current initiatives within the first 10 days. Lifetime Access with Ongoing Updates
When you enroll, you gain lifetime access to all course materials, including every future update at no additional cost. The AWS compliance landscape evolves rapidly, and this course evolves with it. You will always have access to the most current strategies, regulatory interpretations, and enterprise-grade implementation tools - permanently included. Learn Anytime, Anywhere - Fully Mobile-Friendly
Access your materials 24/7 from any device. Whether you're reviewing architecture checklists on your tablet during a flight or preparing for an audit in your office, the platform is responsive, fast, and designed for professionals who operate globally. Cloud-based access ensures seamless continuity across devices, with full progress tracking so you never lose your place. Direct Instructor Support from AWS Compliance Experts
Unlike automated courses with generic responses, you receive direct guidance from senior AWS compliance architects with real-world experience in Fortune 500 and regulated sector deployments. Submit your questions through the secure learning portal and receive detailed, context-aware responses within one business day. This is not crowd-sourced support - it’s personalized expertise delivered by practitioners who've led compliance transformations at scale. Official Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course, you will earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service, a globally recognized leader in enterprise technology education. This credential is verifiable, respected by compliance officers, CISOs, and audit teams worldwide, and designed to enhance your professional credibility. Add it to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or executive bio to signal mastery of AWS compliance architecture and governance. No Hidden Fees. Transparent, One-Time Investment.
The listed pricing is all-inclusive. There are no recurring charges, no upsells, and no hidden fees. You pay once and receive full access to the entire curriculum, support, updates, and certification. The course accepts major payment methods including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, ensuring a secure and frictionless enrollment process. 100% Satisfied or Refunded - Zero-Risk Enrollment
We stand behind the value of this course with a complete satisfaction guarantee. If you find the content does not meet your expectations, you may request a full refund within 30 days of enrollment. No questions asked. This is our promise to eliminate your financial risk and reinforce confidence in your decision. Immediate Confirmation, Secure Access Delivery
After enrollment, you will receive an automated confirmation email. Your unique access credentials and secure login details will be delivered separately once your course materials are fully provisioned. This ensures your learning environment is correctly configured for maximum security and optimal performance. Will This Work for Me? Let’s Address the Real Concerns.
Maybe you’re thinking: “I’ve seen compliance frameworks before. Will this actually help me lead better?” The answer is yes - because this is not theoretical. This program was built for security leaders who must translate compliance mandates into enforceable, auditable, and scalable cloud governance. You will find templates used by healthcare, finance, and government sector CISOs. You will apply controls directly to your own AWS environment using guided implementation playbooks. - This works even if your organization is mid-migration to AWS and struggling with audit readiness.
- This works even if you’re unfamiliar with specific standards like HIPAA, FedRAMP, or GDPR and need enterprise-grade guidance.
- This works even if previous training felt too technical or too high-level - this strikes the exact balance for leaders.
Hear from peers who’ve completed the program: - “As a CISO in a global financial services firm, I needed to demonstrate to our internal audit team that our AWS controls were not just configured, but provably compliant. The evidence documentation templates in this course cut our preparation time by 70%.” - Daniel R., London, UK
- “I’ve led cloud security for five years, but this course revealed gaps in our SOC 2 readiness I hadn’t seen. The risk-mapping exercises alone were worth the enrollment.” - Maya T., Dallas, USA
- “The compliance roadmap module helped me align our engineering, legal, and security teams around a single, actionable plan. We passed our ISO 27001 audit on the first attempt.” - Arjun P., Singapore
Your success is not left to chance. Every component of this course is engineered to reduce ambiguity, accelerate decision-making, and position you as the authoritative leader in your organization’s compliance journey.
Extensive and Detailed Course Curriculum
Module 1: Foundational Principles of AWS Compliance - Understanding the shared responsibility model in depth
- Differentiating between AWS compliance and customer compliance obligations
- Core components of regulatory alignment in cloud environments
- Mapping compliance requirements to AWS services
- The role of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in cloud strategy
- Overview of key compliance domains: data protection, access control, auditability
- Common misconceptions about AWS compliance and how to correct them
- Establishing a baseline for organizational compliance posture
- Integrating compliance into enterprise architecture planning
- Best practices for securing management accounts and root access
Module 2: Regulatory Frameworks and Industry Standards - Deep dive into GDPR compliance requirements for AWS environments
- Implementing HIPAA-compliant data storage and processing workflows
- FedRAMP compliance strategies for government and contractor use cases
- Aligning with PCI DSS standards for payment processing in AWS
- NIST 800-53 controls mapping to AWS configurations
- SOX compliance considerations for financial reporting systems
- ISO 27001 requirements and how they apply to AWS operations
- CCPA and data privacy obligations for US-based organizations
- APRA CPS 234 for Australian financial institutions
- Understanding cross-border data transfer regulations
- Aligning with SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria (Security, Availability, Confidentiality)
- Mapping IRAP controls to AWS security configurations
- Handling jurisdictional compliance in multi-region deployments
- Comparing regional regulatory demands across North America, EMEA, and APAC
- Creating a centralized compliance governance model
Module 3: AWS Compliance Architecture & Design - Designing multi-account AWS organizations for compliance isolation
- Implementing AWS Control Tower for automated guardrail enforcement
- Configuring AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Setting up secure baselines using AWS Landing Zone principles
- Architecting for least privilege access at scale
- Designing network segmentation using VPCs, route tables, and gateways
- Implementing private subnets and NAT gateway security
- Enforcing data isolation using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
- Building redundancy and disaster recovery with compliance in mind
- Designing for immutable logging and audit trail preservation
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven retention policies
- Architecting for data residency and sovereignty requirements
- Implementing tagging strategies for compliance tracking and reporting
- Defining golden AMI workflows for compliant EC2 deployment
- Creating secure service roles with IAM role assumptions
Module 4: Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Compliance - Implementing federated identity using SAML and OpenID Connect
- Configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all privileged roles
- Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks in IAM
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Managing cross-account access securely with IAM roles
- Using permission boundaries to restrict IAM role capabilities
- Enforcing IAM policy conditions for IP, time, and device restrictions
- Automating IAM policy reviews using AWS Access Analyzer
- Generating and reviewing IAM credential reports
- Rotating access keys and managing service-specific credentials
- Preventing privilege escalation paths in IAM configurations
- Using AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO) for enterprise identity management
- Centralizing user access across multiple AWS accounts
- Integrating Active Directory with AWS for hybrid identity
- Monitoring unauthorized access attempts via CloudTrail and IAM logs
Module 5: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Implementing AWS KMS for customer-managed encryption keys
- Using envelope encryption for data at rest
- Configuring automatic encryption for S3 buckets using default encryption
- Enforcing encryption in transit using TLS and cipher policies
- Using AWS Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS certificate management
- Implementing Private Certificate Authority (PCA) for internal services
- Securing EBS volumes with encryption by default
- Encrypting RDS databases using KMS keys
- Using AWS CloudHSM for FIPS 140-2 validated key storage
- Managing key rotation policies and audit trails
- Controlling key usage with grant tokens and policies
- Implementing Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) workflows
- Setting up client-side encryption for sensitive data
- Using AWS Macie for automated data classification and protection
- Detecting PII and sensitive data across S3 and databases
Module 6: Logging, Monitoring, and Audit Trail Management - Enabling AWS CloudTrail across all regions for comprehensive logging
- Configuring multi-region and organization-wide trails
- Securing CloudTrail logs with S3 bucket policies and WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) storage
- Using AWS Config to track configuration changes over time
- Creating custom AWS Config rules for compliance validation
- Integrating AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting
- Building metric filters to detect suspicious activities
- Using Amazon EventBridge for automated compliance event routing
- Centralizing logs using AWS CloudTrail Lake
- Querying logs with structured SQL-like syntax for audit support
- Implementing log integrity validation with CloudTrail log file validation
- Exporting logs to external SIEM systems securely
- Designing log retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements
- Preventing log tampering with S3 Object Lock and Governance Mode
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports from raw logs
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance Automation - Using AWS CloudFormation for compliant resource provisioning
- Implementing AWS Service Catalog to enforce approved templates
- Building compliant pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for policy-as-code
- Integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with AWS for pre-deployment checks
- Using Terraform with AWS provider for multi-cloud compliance
- Writing pre-commit hooks to validate IaC against security baselines
- Enforcing tagging policies in IaC templates
- Automating drift detection using AWS Config and drift remediation workflows
- Creating golden pipeline patterns for regulated workloads
- Using parameter validation to prevent non-compliant inputs
- Implementing change advisory board (CAB) workflows in deployment pipelines
- Generating immutable deployment artifacts for audit tracking
- Documenting deployment pipelines for certification audits
- Managing stack policies to protect critical resources from deletion
Module 8: Compliance Validation and Audit Preparation - Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
Module 1: Foundational Principles of AWS Compliance - Understanding the shared responsibility model in depth
- Differentiating between AWS compliance and customer compliance obligations
- Core components of regulatory alignment in cloud environments
- Mapping compliance requirements to AWS services
- The role of governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) in cloud strategy
- Overview of key compliance domains: data protection, access control, auditability
- Common misconceptions about AWS compliance and how to correct them
- Establishing a baseline for organizational compliance posture
- Integrating compliance into enterprise architecture planning
- Best practices for securing management accounts and root access
Module 2: Regulatory Frameworks and Industry Standards - Deep dive into GDPR compliance requirements for AWS environments
- Implementing HIPAA-compliant data storage and processing workflows
- FedRAMP compliance strategies for government and contractor use cases
- Aligning with PCI DSS standards for payment processing in AWS
- NIST 800-53 controls mapping to AWS configurations
- SOX compliance considerations for financial reporting systems
- ISO 27001 requirements and how they apply to AWS operations
- CCPA and data privacy obligations for US-based organizations
- APRA CPS 234 for Australian financial institutions
- Understanding cross-border data transfer regulations
- Aligning with SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria (Security, Availability, Confidentiality)
- Mapping IRAP controls to AWS security configurations
- Handling jurisdictional compliance in multi-region deployments
- Comparing regional regulatory demands across North America, EMEA, and APAC
- Creating a centralized compliance governance model
Module 3: AWS Compliance Architecture & Design - Designing multi-account AWS organizations for compliance isolation
- Implementing AWS Control Tower for automated guardrail enforcement
- Configuring AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Setting up secure baselines using AWS Landing Zone principles
- Architecting for least privilege access at scale
- Designing network segmentation using VPCs, route tables, and gateways
- Implementing private subnets and NAT gateway security
- Enforcing data isolation using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
- Building redundancy and disaster recovery with compliance in mind
- Designing for immutable logging and audit trail preservation
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven retention policies
- Architecting for data residency and sovereignty requirements
- Implementing tagging strategies for compliance tracking and reporting
- Defining golden AMI workflows for compliant EC2 deployment
- Creating secure service roles with IAM role assumptions
Module 4: Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Compliance - Implementing federated identity using SAML and OpenID Connect
- Configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all privileged roles
- Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks in IAM
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Managing cross-account access securely with IAM roles
- Using permission boundaries to restrict IAM role capabilities
- Enforcing IAM policy conditions for IP, time, and device restrictions
- Automating IAM policy reviews using AWS Access Analyzer
- Generating and reviewing IAM credential reports
- Rotating access keys and managing service-specific credentials
- Preventing privilege escalation paths in IAM configurations
- Using AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO) for enterprise identity management
- Centralizing user access across multiple AWS accounts
- Integrating Active Directory with AWS for hybrid identity
- Monitoring unauthorized access attempts via CloudTrail and IAM logs
Module 5: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Implementing AWS KMS for customer-managed encryption keys
- Using envelope encryption for data at rest
- Configuring automatic encryption for S3 buckets using default encryption
- Enforcing encryption in transit using TLS and cipher policies
- Using AWS Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS certificate management
- Implementing Private Certificate Authority (PCA) for internal services
- Securing EBS volumes with encryption by default
- Encrypting RDS databases using KMS keys
- Using AWS CloudHSM for FIPS 140-2 validated key storage
- Managing key rotation policies and audit trails
- Controlling key usage with grant tokens and policies
- Implementing Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) workflows
- Setting up client-side encryption for sensitive data
- Using AWS Macie for automated data classification and protection
- Detecting PII and sensitive data across S3 and databases
Module 6: Logging, Monitoring, and Audit Trail Management - Enabling AWS CloudTrail across all regions for comprehensive logging
- Configuring multi-region and organization-wide trails
- Securing CloudTrail logs with S3 bucket policies and WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) storage
- Using AWS Config to track configuration changes over time
- Creating custom AWS Config rules for compliance validation
- Integrating AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting
- Building metric filters to detect suspicious activities
- Using Amazon EventBridge for automated compliance event routing
- Centralizing logs using AWS CloudTrail Lake
- Querying logs with structured SQL-like syntax for audit support
- Implementing log integrity validation with CloudTrail log file validation
- Exporting logs to external SIEM systems securely
- Designing log retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements
- Preventing log tampering with S3 Object Lock and Governance Mode
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports from raw logs
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance Automation - Using AWS CloudFormation for compliant resource provisioning
- Implementing AWS Service Catalog to enforce approved templates
- Building compliant pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for policy-as-code
- Integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with AWS for pre-deployment checks
- Using Terraform with AWS provider for multi-cloud compliance
- Writing pre-commit hooks to validate IaC against security baselines
- Enforcing tagging policies in IaC templates
- Automating drift detection using AWS Config and drift remediation workflows
- Creating golden pipeline patterns for regulated workloads
- Using parameter validation to prevent non-compliant inputs
- Implementing change advisory board (CAB) workflows in deployment pipelines
- Generating immutable deployment artifacts for audit tracking
- Documenting deployment pipelines for certification audits
- Managing stack policies to protect critical resources from deletion
Module 8: Compliance Validation and Audit Preparation - Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Deep dive into GDPR compliance requirements for AWS environments
- Implementing HIPAA-compliant data storage and processing workflows
- FedRAMP compliance strategies for government and contractor use cases
- Aligning with PCI DSS standards for payment processing in AWS
- NIST 800-53 controls mapping to AWS configurations
- SOX compliance considerations for financial reporting systems
- ISO 27001 requirements and how they apply to AWS operations
- CCPA and data privacy obligations for US-based organizations
- APRA CPS 234 for Australian financial institutions
- Understanding cross-border data transfer regulations
- Aligning with SOC 2 Trust Service Criteria (Security, Availability, Confidentiality)
- Mapping IRAP controls to AWS security configurations
- Handling jurisdictional compliance in multi-region deployments
- Comparing regional regulatory demands across North America, EMEA, and APAC
- Creating a centralized compliance governance model
Module 3: AWS Compliance Architecture & Design - Designing multi-account AWS organizations for compliance isolation
- Implementing AWS Control Tower for automated guardrail enforcement
- Configuring AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Setting up secure baselines using AWS Landing Zone principles
- Architecting for least privilege access at scale
- Designing network segmentation using VPCs, route tables, and gateways
- Implementing private subnets and NAT gateway security
- Enforcing data isolation using AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
- Building redundancy and disaster recovery with compliance in mind
- Designing for immutable logging and audit trail preservation
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven retention policies
- Architecting for data residency and sovereignty requirements
- Implementing tagging strategies for compliance tracking and reporting
- Defining golden AMI workflows for compliant EC2 deployment
- Creating secure service roles with IAM role assumptions
Module 4: Identity and Access Management (IAM) for Compliance - Implementing federated identity using SAML and OpenID Connect
- Configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all privileged roles
- Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks in IAM
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Managing cross-account access securely with IAM roles
- Using permission boundaries to restrict IAM role capabilities
- Enforcing IAM policy conditions for IP, time, and device restrictions
- Automating IAM policy reviews using AWS Access Analyzer
- Generating and reviewing IAM credential reports
- Rotating access keys and managing service-specific credentials
- Preventing privilege escalation paths in IAM configurations
- Using AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO) for enterprise identity management
- Centralizing user access across multiple AWS accounts
- Integrating Active Directory with AWS for hybrid identity
- Monitoring unauthorized access attempts via CloudTrail and IAM logs
Module 5: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Implementing AWS KMS for customer-managed encryption keys
- Using envelope encryption for data at rest
- Configuring automatic encryption for S3 buckets using default encryption
- Enforcing encryption in transit using TLS and cipher policies
- Using AWS Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS certificate management
- Implementing Private Certificate Authority (PCA) for internal services
- Securing EBS volumes with encryption by default
- Encrypting RDS databases using KMS keys
- Using AWS CloudHSM for FIPS 140-2 validated key storage
- Managing key rotation policies and audit trails
- Controlling key usage with grant tokens and policies
- Implementing Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) workflows
- Setting up client-side encryption for sensitive data
- Using AWS Macie for automated data classification and protection
- Detecting PII and sensitive data across S3 and databases
Module 6: Logging, Monitoring, and Audit Trail Management - Enabling AWS CloudTrail across all regions for comprehensive logging
- Configuring multi-region and organization-wide trails
- Securing CloudTrail logs with S3 bucket policies and WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) storage
- Using AWS Config to track configuration changes over time
- Creating custom AWS Config rules for compliance validation
- Integrating AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting
- Building metric filters to detect suspicious activities
- Using Amazon EventBridge for automated compliance event routing
- Centralizing logs using AWS CloudTrail Lake
- Querying logs with structured SQL-like syntax for audit support
- Implementing log integrity validation with CloudTrail log file validation
- Exporting logs to external SIEM systems securely
- Designing log retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements
- Preventing log tampering with S3 Object Lock and Governance Mode
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports from raw logs
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance Automation - Using AWS CloudFormation for compliant resource provisioning
- Implementing AWS Service Catalog to enforce approved templates
- Building compliant pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for policy-as-code
- Integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with AWS for pre-deployment checks
- Using Terraform with AWS provider for multi-cloud compliance
- Writing pre-commit hooks to validate IaC against security baselines
- Enforcing tagging policies in IaC templates
- Automating drift detection using AWS Config and drift remediation workflows
- Creating golden pipeline patterns for regulated workloads
- Using parameter validation to prevent non-compliant inputs
- Implementing change advisory board (CAB) workflows in deployment pipelines
- Generating immutable deployment artifacts for audit tracking
- Documenting deployment pipelines for certification audits
- Managing stack policies to protect critical resources from deletion
Module 8: Compliance Validation and Audit Preparation - Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Implementing federated identity using SAML and OpenID Connect
- Configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA) across all privileged roles
- Designing role-based access control (RBAC) frameworks in IAM
- Implementing attribute-based access control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions
- Managing cross-account access securely with IAM roles
- Using permission boundaries to restrict IAM role capabilities
- Enforcing IAM policy conditions for IP, time, and device restrictions
- Automating IAM policy reviews using AWS Access Analyzer
- Generating and reviewing IAM credential reports
- Rotating access keys and managing service-specific credentials
- Preventing privilege escalation paths in IAM configurations
- Using AWS Identity Center (formerly SSO) for enterprise identity management
- Centralizing user access across multiple AWS accounts
- Integrating Active Directory with AWS for hybrid identity
- Monitoring unauthorized access attempts via CloudTrail and IAM logs
Module 5: Data Protection and Encryption Strategies - Implementing AWS KMS for customer-managed encryption keys
- Using envelope encryption for data at rest
- Configuring automatic encryption for S3 buckets using default encryption
- Enforcing encryption in transit using TLS and cipher policies
- Using AWS Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS certificate management
- Implementing Private Certificate Authority (PCA) for internal services
- Securing EBS volumes with encryption by default
- Encrypting RDS databases using KMS keys
- Using AWS CloudHSM for FIPS 140-2 validated key storage
- Managing key rotation policies and audit trails
- Controlling key usage with grant tokens and policies
- Implementing Bring Your Own Key (BYOK) workflows
- Setting up client-side encryption for sensitive data
- Using AWS Macie for automated data classification and protection
- Detecting PII and sensitive data across S3 and databases
Module 6: Logging, Monitoring, and Audit Trail Management - Enabling AWS CloudTrail across all regions for comprehensive logging
- Configuring multi-region and organization-wide trails
- Securing CloudTrail logs with S3 bucket policies and WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) storage
- Using AWS Config to track configuration changes over time
- Creating custom AWS Config rules for compliance validation
- Integrating AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting
- Building metric filters to detect suspicious activities
- Using Amazon EventBridge for automated compliance event routing
- Centralizing logs using AWS CloudTrail Lake
- Querying logs with structured SQL-like syntax for audit support
- Implementing log integrity validation with CloudTrail log file validation
- Exporting logs to external SIEM systems securely
- Designing log retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements
- Preventing log tampering with S3 Object Lock and Governance Mode
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports from raw logs
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance Automation - Using AWS CloudFormation for compliant resource provisioning
- Implementing AWS Service Catalog to enforce approved templates
- Building compliant pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for policy-as-code
- Integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with AWS for pre-deployment checks
- Using Terraform with AWS provider for multi-cloud compliance
- Writing pre-commit hooks to validate IaC against security baselines
- Enforcing tagging policies in IaC templates
- Automating drift detection using AWS Config and drift remediation workflows
- Creating golden pipeline patterns for regulated workloads
- Using parameter validation to prevent non-compliant inputs
- Implementing change advisory board (CAB) workflows in deployment pipelines
- Generating immutable deployment artifacts for audit tracking
- Documenting deployment pipelines for certification audits
- Managing stack policies to protect critical resources from deletion
Module 8: Compliance Validation and Audit Preparation - Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Enabling AWS CloudTrail across all regions for comprehensive logging
- Configuring multi-region and organization-wide trails
- Securing CloudTrail logs with S3 bucket policies and WORM (Write-Once-Read-Many) storage
- Using AWS Config to track configuration changes over time
- Creating custom AWS Config rules for compliance validation
- Integrating AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting
- Building metric filters to detect suspicious activities
- Using Amazon EventBridge for automated compliance event routing
- Centralizing logs using AWS CloudTrail Lake
- Querying logs with structured SQL-like syntax for audit support
- Implementing log integrity validation with CloudTrail log file validation
- Exporting logs to external SIEM systems securely
- Designing log retention policies aligned with regulatory requirements
- Preventing log tampering with S3 Object Lock and Governance Mode
- Generating compliance-ready audit reports from raw logs
Module 7: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Compliance Automation - Using AWS CloudFormation for compliant resource provisioning
- Implementing AWS Service Catalog to enforce approved templates
- Building compliant pipelines with AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild
- Using AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) for policy-as-code
- Integrating Open Policy Agent (OPA) with AWS for pre-deployment checks
- Using Terraform with AWS provider for multi-cloud compliance
- Writing pre-commit hooks to validate IaC against security baselines
- Enforcing tagging policies in IaC templates
- Automating drift detection using AWS Config and drift remediation workflows
- Creating golden pipeline patterns for regulated workloads
- Using parameter validation to prevent non-compliant inputs
- Implementing change advisory board (CAB) workflows in deployment pipelines
- Generating immutable deployment artifacts for audit tracking
- Documenting deployment pipelines for certification audits
- Managing stack policies to protect critical resources from deletion
Module 8: Compliance Validation and Audit Preparation - Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Conducting internal compliance gap assessments
- Using AWS Artifact to access compliance reports and certifications
- Downloading audit-ready reports for SOC, PCI, ISO, and others
- Preparing for third-party audits: what assessors look for
- Creating an audit evidence repository in AWS
- Organizing evidence by control domain and standard
- Using AWS Audit Manager to automate evidence collection
- Creating custom frameworks in AWS Audit Manager
- Mapping AWS resources to compliance controls automatically
- Generating assessment reports for internal review
- Scheduling recurring compliance reviews
- Responding to auditor findings with documented remediation plans
- Preparing executive summaries for board-level reporting
- Conducting mock audits using real-world checklists
- Training audit teams on AWS-native compliance tools
Module 9: Advanced Compliance Controls and Threat Mitigation - Implementing AWS GuardDuty for threat detection and response
- Configuring GuardDuty findings filters for false positive reduction
- Integrating GuardDuty with Security Hub for centralized visibility
- Using AWS Security Hub to aggregate compliance checks
- Enabling AWS Foundational Security Best Practices standard
- Customizing Security Hub controls for organizational policies
- Setting up automated remediation using AWS Systems Manager
- Using EventBridge rules to trigger auto-remediation workflows
- Blocking malicious IP addresses using AWS WAF and Shield
- Protecting APIs with Amazon API Gateway and WAF rules
- Using AWS Firewall Manager to enforce regional protections
- Implementing DNS filtering with Route 53 Resolver DNS Firewall
- Monitoring for crypto-mining and data exfiltration patterns
- Creating incident response playbooks for AWS environments
- Integrating with AWS Systems Manager Incident Manager
Module 10: Data Residency, Sovereignty, and Legal Hold - Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Mapping data flows to geographic regions for compliance
- Enforcing region-specific resource creation using SCPs
- Using AWS Control Tower guardrails for geographic enforcement
- Implementing legal hold workflows for data preservation
- Using S3 Object Lock for regulatory compliance storage
- Configuring governance and compliance modes for WORM
- Managing data lifecycle policies with S3 Lifecycle rules
- Preventing accidental deletion of compliance-critical data
- Handling data subject access requests (DSARs) in AWS
- Designing for erasure rights under GDPR and CCPA
- Using AWS Backup for compliance-driven recovery
- Validating backup integrity with automated restore testing
- Documenting data classification and handling policies
- Implementing data minimization principles in cloud design
- Training teams on data handling obligations
Module 11: Operational Policies and Compliance Culture - Developing standard operating procedures (SOPs) for AWS compliance
- Documenting change management and approval workflows
- Creating runbooks for incident response and audit support
- Implementing role separation for developers, security, and auditors
- Establishing mandatory vacation and job rotation policies
- Conducting regular access reviews and attestation cycles
- Scheduling quarterly privilege audits for IAM roles
- Implementing just-in-time (JIT) access using AWS IAM Identity Center
- Using temporary credentials with explicit expiration
- Training engineering teams on compliance responsibilities
- Creating compliance onboarding checklists for new hires
- Building a culture of shared ownership for security
- Measuring compliance maturity with KPIs and dashboards
- Reporting compliance posture to executives and boards
- Conducting tabletop exercises for regulatory scenarios
Module 12: Certification and Career Advancement - Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization
- Preparing for AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam alignment
- Mapping course content to exam domains and objectives
- Reviewing real-world scenarios from past certification holders
- Building a personal compliance playbook for your organization
- Documenting your hands-on project for portfolio inclusion
- Claiming your Certificate of Completion from The Art of Service
- Verifying your certification through official channels
- Adding your credential to LinkedIn and professional resumes
- Using the certification to support promotion or salary negotiation
- Joining the global alumni network of enterprise security leaders
- Accessing exclusive post-course resources and updates
- Receiving invitations to private peer discussion forums
- Updating your certification with new modules as standards evolve
- Contributing case studies to industry knowledge sharing
- Positioning yourself as the go-to compliance authority in your organization