Increasing Your Security Posture when Using Amazon S3

Difficulty: Advanced

Duration: 2 minutes and 27 seconds

Students: 3,377

Rating: 4.6/5

This lesson has been designed to introduce you to the different security controls and methods that have been built into Amazon S3 to protect your data and enhance your overall security posture. You will learn about resource ownership, access control policies, S3 Access Points, Access Analyzer, and how to use Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS).

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Learning Objectives

Understand resource ownership in Amazon S3
Use policies to control access
Scale access to shared buckets with S3 Access Points
Use Access Analyzer to monitor access to buckets
Learn what Cross Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is and how to use it

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who is responsible for securing, designing, and managing Amazon S3, or who simply wants to learn more about security in Amazon S3.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of Amazon S3. It's also recommended that you have a solid understanding of AWS IAM policy syntax and structure.