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AWS Cloud Security Best Practices

Advanced 0.7 hours English
SkillsAWS securityCloud securityEC2 hardeningSecurity best practicesProduction environments

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A focused, advanced Pluralsight session on locking down production AWS environments.

Good for: Experienced AWS users who want to tighten production security.

Skip if: You are new to AWS or want a broad introduction.

In well under an hour it runs through a security checklist, hardening the operating system inside EC2 instances, and tightening your overall setup — concise and practical, and squarely aimed at people already running AWS who want to close gaps, not at newcomers wanting a broad introduction. Access needs a Pluralsight plan (Standard about $29/month or $299/year, Premium about $45/month or $499/year, 10-day trial). AWS security features keep evolving, so check what you learn against current AWS guidance before applying it (as of 2026).

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About this course

AWS Cloud Security Best Practices is a focused, advanced session on locking down production AWS environments. In under an hour it covers a fundamental security checklist, protecting the operating system inside EC2 instances, and segmenting infrastructure so a breach in one area doesn't spread — framed around AWS's cloud adoption guidance.

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Instructor

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Joseph Hunsaker
Pluralsight instructor

Taught by Joseph Hunsaker, a cloud and security practitioner focused on hardening real-world AWS deployments.

Frequently asked questions

Beginners to AWS security, perhaps, but it assumes AWS familiarity — you should already understand core AWS services and cloud concepts before focusing on securing them. It is not an AWS-from-scratch or general-security-from-scratch course. If AWS is new, do a fundamentals course first; with that grounding, this teaches the security best practices for protecting AWS environments.

Best practices for securing AWS environments: identity and access management, protecting data and resources, network security, monitoring, and applying AWS's security services and the shared-responsibility model well. It focuses on practical, recommended approaches to keeping an AWS deployment secure, so it suits people responsible for AWS security rather than being a broad, vendor-neutral security theory course.

Yes. Pluralsight offers a free trial (commonly around ten days), enough to work through a focused course like this at no cost if you are disciplined. Beyond the trial it is a subscription, so ongoing access to this and Pluralsight's wider AWS and security library is paid — the trial lets you sample it before committing.

Pluralsight issues a course completion record rather than an industry certification. Recognised AWS security credentials — like the AWS Certified Security Specialty — are earned separately through their own exams, and this kind of course helps build toward them. Treat the completion as a marker of learning; the AWS certifications carry the real weight with employers.

It is a focused course — typically a few hours — since it targets AWS security best practices specifically. That makes it a relatively quick way to strengthen how you secure AWS environments, especially paired with hands-on practice in an actual AWS account (mindful of any charges) to apply the practices it covers.
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