Exercise 13.1 – Reviewing the Trusted Advisor reports in your AWS account

In this exercise, you will log into your AWS account and review the Trusted Advisor service:

1. Log in to your AWS Management Console as the IAM user Alice.
2. Navigate to the Trusted Advisor console, which is located under the Management & Governance category in your list of services.
3. You will be redirected to the Trusted Advisor dashboard.
4. Because you may only have subscribed to the Basic Support plan, you will note that only a few checks are visible. From the main dashboard, note the Checks Summary section on the main pane of the dashboard.
5. From the right-hand pane, click on the Security category.
6. In the right-hand pane, you will note various checks, such as the one for MFA being enabled on your root account.
7. Expand the check labeled Security Groups - Specific Ports Unrestricted. This check analyzes how your security groups have been configured, highlighting specific ports...