intermediate
The outcomes
What you will walk away with
Three artefacts you build and keep. One certificate to prove it.
IAM least-privilege review checklist (template)
A fill-in checklist for reviewing an AWS account's IAM posture: root MFA and no root access keys, MFA on all users, no inline or wildcard admin policies, unused credentials disabled, roles over long-lived keys, and scoped role trust policies. Includes tick boxes, notes fields and the read-only CLI commands to gather evidence.
Week 1Yours to keep
Cloud security audit checklist (AWS)
A fill-in checklist for auditing the security posture of an AWS account, covering IAM, S3, networking and logging and detection, with tick boxes and columns for evidence and remediation so the result can be handed to a reviewer.
Week 3Yours to keep
Cloud capstone and interview pack (templates)
A two-part pack to finish the course. Part A is a capstone brief: review and harden a described insecure AWS account (public bucket, over-permissive IAM, open security group, logging off) and produce a findings-and-remediation report against a scored rubric. Part B is a cloud security interview prep worksheet with a readiness checklist, three STAR story slots, cloud topics to revise, and questions to ask the employer. Fill in every blank.
Week 4Yours to keep
Then the certificate that proves it all
Every artefact above rolls up into a verifiable credential with its own serial number and public verification page. Your board can check it. Anyone can.
The curriculum
What you learn, module by module
Cloud security is the most supply-constrained route into a well-paid, remote-first career, and this module explains why. You will learn the shape of the cloud (IaaS, PaaS and SaaS), the shared responsibility model that decides what is your job and what is the provider's, why misconfiguration rather than hacking is the top risk, what a cloud security engineer actually does day to day, and the AWS and Microsoft certification paths that prove the skill to an international employer.
- Cloud security in ten minutes
- The cloud security role and cert path
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