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Free to startAWSAWS Security Fundamentals
A beginner AWS course focused on identity, encryption, application protection, and security monitoring using AWS architecture images.
2
Units
4
Lessons
60-75 minutes
Duration
Course usage requires login so progress and certificates can be saved.
Course level
Beginner
2
guided units
4
lesson topics
Learning outcomes
What You Will Be Able To Do
Practice exam-style decisions
Move from passive reading to quick scenario decisions with feedback inside the learning app.
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Save lesson progress, revisit weak topics, and work toward course completion once you sign in.
What This Course Covers
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Exam-aligned AWS concepts and terminology
Short lessons designed for consistent daily study
Interactive practice tracked inside your account
Unit 1
Identity and Data Protection
Learn the first security building blocks for controlling access, managing users, protecting keys, and storing secrets.
Access Control Basics
Keys, Secrets, and Certificates
Unit 2
Threat Protection and Monitoring
Learn beginner security services for protecting web applications, detecting threats, scanning workloads, and centralizing findings.
Protect Applications
Detect and Organize Findings
Study workflow
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