Master the critical skills for securing cloud infrastructure through systematic analysis, proactive policy creation, and comprehensive compliance evaluation. This course empowers you to become a guardian of cloud security by teaching you to detect suspicious privilege escalations in IAM audit logs, automate security governance through infrastructure-as-code policies, and assess organizational controls against industry standards like SOC 2 and NIST.
Analyze, Create, and Evaluate Cloud Security
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Analyze, Create, and Evaluate Cloud Security
This course is part of AI Systems Reliability & Security Specialization
Instructor: Hurix Digital
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Intermediate level
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1 hour to complete
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What you'll learn
Security monitoring relies on clear behavioral baselines to separate normal admin activity from anomalies that may signal security threats.
Infrastructure-as-code enables proactive security governance, preventing vulnerabilities at scale more effectively than reactive incident response.
Compliance frameworks support structured risk management and must be continuously reviewed to adapt to evolving security threats.
Automated policy enforcement in CI/CD pipelines builds scalable, sustainable security practices that grow with the organization.
Skills you'll gain
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Vulnerability Management
- NIST 800-53
- Analysis
- Cloud Security
- Cloud Computing
- Encryption
- Cyber Security Policies
- Identity and Access Management
- Threat Detection
- Continuous Monitoring
- DevSecOps
- Auditing
- Network Security
- Security Controls
- Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
- Authorization (Computing)
- Cyber Security Assessment
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January 2026
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This course is part of the AI Systems Reliability & Security Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course
Learners will master the critical skill of detecting security threats through systematic IAM audit log analysis, enabling them to protect cloud infrastructure from privilege escalation attacks.
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3 videos1 reading1 assignment
Learners will develop the critical skill of embedding security requirements directly into infrastructure deployment processes, ensuring consistent policy enforcement at scale.
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3 videos2 readings2 assignments
Learners will develop comprehensive skills in security controls evaluation by systematically assessing organizational security practices against industry standards like SOC 2 and NIST, identifying compliance gaps, and ensuring regulatory adherence for AI/ML environments.
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2 videos1 reading3 assignments
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