Build AWS environments that scale automatically while staying secure and well isolated. Through the industry-proven lens of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) exam, you'll apply IAM best practices, including password policies, credential rotation, and roles, then use Amazon STS, policy conditions, AWS CloudTrail, AWS Control Tower, and Service Control Policies for governance across multiple accounts. You'll configure EC2 Auto Scaling groups, scaling policies, and Elastic Load Balancing to maintain availability under variable load, and work with Route 53, network ACLs, and VPC Flow Logs.

AWS Security, Auto Scaling, & Networking

AWS Security, Auto Scaling, & Networking
This course is part of AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Specialization

Instructor: Tom Carpenter
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Implement IAM best practices, including Control Tower governance, Service Control Policies, and CloudTrail for multi-account environments
Configure EC2 Auto Scaling groups and scaling policies to keep applications available and cost-efficient under variable load
Configure Route 53, network ACLs, and VPC Flow Logs to support secure, well-monitored AWS networks
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