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Understanding AWS Shared Responsibility Model

BEGINNER
60 minutes
5 tasks

In this lab, you will explore the AWS Shared Responsibility Model to understand where AWS and customers' responsibilities lie. This understanding is critical for ensuring security and compliance in cloud environments.

Scenario

A company is transitioning to the AWS cloud. To ensure compliance and security, the IT team needs to understand which responsibilities are managed by AWS and which ones remain under the customer's control. This lab helps illuminate these distinctions.

Learning Objectives

  • Recognize the key components of the AWS Shared Responsibility Model.
  • Describe customers' and AWS's responsibilities.
  • Understand how responsibilities shift across different AWS services.

tasks (5)

task 1: Identify AWS and customer responsibilities

10 min

task 2: Explore differences in responsibility based on service type

15 min

task 3: Assess responsibility shift with service type

15 min

task 4: Explore compliance requirements and security services

10 min

task 5: Define security best practices with AWS services

10 min

Prerequisites

  • •Basic understanding of cloud computing models.
  • •Familiarity with cloud security principles.

Skills Tested

Recognizing components of the AWS shared responsibility model.Understanding AWS and customer responsibilities.Identifying compliance and governance alignments.

References

    Understanding AWS Shared Responsibility Model - Hands-On Lab - CertiPass