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AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02) Exam Guide - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Apr 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781837633982
Pages 614 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (2):
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Stuart Scott Stuart Scott
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Table of Contents (29) Chapters

Preface 1. Section 1: AWS Security Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: AWS Shared Responsibility Model 3. Chapter 2: Fundamental AWS Services 4. Chapter 3: Understanding Attacks on Cloud Environments 5. Section 2: Incident Response
6. Chapter 4: Incident Response 7. Chapter 5: Managing Your Environment with AWS Config 8. Chapter 6: Event Management with Security Hub and GuardDuty 9. Section 3: Logging and Monitoring
10. Chapter 7: Logs Generated by AWS Services 11. Chapter 8: CloudWatch and CloudWatch Metrics 12. Chapter 9: Parsing Logs and Events with AWS Native Tools 13. Section 4: Infrastructure Security
14. Chapter 10: Configuring Infrastructure Security 15. Chapter 11: Securing EC2 Instances 16. Chapter 12: Managing Key Infrastructure 17. Chapter 13: Access Management 18. Section 5: Identity and Access Management
19. Chapter 14: Working with Access Policies 20. Chapter 15: Federated and Mobile Access 21. Chapter 16: Using Active Directory Services to Manage Access 22. Section 6: Data Protection
23. Chapter 17: Protecting Data in Flight and at Rest 24. Chapter 18: Securely Connecting to Your AWS Environment 25. Chapter 19: Using Certificates and Certificate Services in AWS 26. Chapter 20: Managing Secrets Securely in AWS 27. Chapter 21: Accessing the Online Practice Resources 28. Other Books You May Enjoy

Gaining a Deeper Understanding of the ACM Service and Its Uses

While the primary use case of ACM is to provide SSL/TLS certificates for public and private websites, it also offers a valuable feature called AWS Private CA (previously ACM Private CA). The true functionality of the service comes in the fact that it provides a centralized platform for requesting, provisioning, and deploying SSL/TLS certificates, eliminating the need for manual management tasks. With ACM, you can easily obtain certificates for the AWS resources running in your environment such as ELB, CloudFront distributions, and API Gateway endpoints, facilitating secure communication between clients and these services. ACM offers features such as automatic certificate renewal, which ensures that certificates are continuously updated to maintain security and compliance.

ACM also offers a user-friendly interface and robust features and one of the key features is its simplicity and ease of use. You can request and manage...

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