Security, Automation and Optimization on AWS

This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. This course equips you with the skills needed to automate infrastructure, optimize security, and manage resources effectively using AWS services. Starting with AWS CloudFormation, you'll learn how to automate infrastructure deployments and manage resources at scale. The course includes hands-on labs that will help you work with EC2, VPC, and security groups, along with complex tasks like cross-stack references and nested stacks. Additionally, you’ll explore AWS security tools such as AWS KMS, WAF, and GuardDuty to ensure secure operations in your cloud environment. You’ll also get familiar with monitoring and governance using tools like AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and AWS Config, enabling you to track your AWS resources and automate management. Finally, you'll dive into machine learning and AI tools like Amazon Rekognition and SageMaker, gaining insights into how AWS enables intelligent applications. The course culminates with optimizing cost management using AWS Cost Explorer, Budgets, and AWS License Manager. This course is designed for cloud engineers, IT professionals, and developers who want to enhance their knowledge of AWS automation, security, and resource management. If you have experience with AWS or cloud computing, this intermediate-level course will deepen your understanding and enable you to optimize AWS infrastructure efficiently. By the end of the course, you will be able to automate infrastructure deployments with CloudFormation, secure your AWS environment with built-in security tools, manage costs effectively, and use AWS machine learning services to build intelligent applications.