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AWS Certified Security – Specialty Exam Guide

You're reading from   AWS Certified Security – Specialty Exam Guide Build your cloud security knowledge and expertise as an AWS Certified Security Specialist (SCS-C01)

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789534474
Length 558 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Stuart Scott Stuart Scott
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Wilberto Palomar Wilberto Palomar
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Table of Contents (27) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: The Exam and Preparation
2. AWS Certified Security - Specialty Exam Coverage FREE CHAPTER 3. Section 2: Security Responsibility and Access Management
4. AWS Shared Responsibility Model 5. Access Management 6. Working with Access Policies 7. Federated and Mobile Access 8. Section 3: Security - a Layered Approach
9. Securing EC2 Instances 10. Configuring Infrastructure Security 11. Implementing Application Security 12. DDoS Protection 13. Incident Response 14. Securing Connections to Your AWS Environment 15. Section 4: Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing
16. Implementing Logging Mechanisms 17. Auditing and Governance 18. Section 5: Best Practices and Automation
19. Automating Security Detection and Remediation 20. Discovering Security Best Practices 21. Section 6: Encryption and Data Security
22. Managing Key Infrastructure 23. Managing Data Security 24. Mock Tests 25. Assessments 26. Other Books You May Enjoy

Service roles

These service roles allow other AWS services to perform actions on our behalf. As you work within AWS and begin to utilize and configure various services, there will be requirements whereby the service will create service roles in order to perform specific steps and functions. For example, during the configuration of AWS Elastic Beanstalk, a service role will be created allowing Elastic Beanstalk to use other AWS services on your behalf. This role will have all of the required permissions to allow the service to carry out the necessary tasks that it needs to. It’s important to understand that service roles exist only in the account in which they were created and can’t be used for cross-account access.

These service roles are often created during the configuration of the service itself, but it’s also possible to create service roles within IAM. Let's see how to do it:

  1. From within the AWS Management Console, select IAM.
  2. Select Roles on the menu and...
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