Cybersecurity · Cloud defence

Cloud security essentials

IAM blast-radius reduction, KMS usage stories, hardened container supply chains.

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Lesson outline

  1. 1
    Cloud Security Basics

    Cloud security basics overview — Cloud security essentials.

  2. 2
    Cloud security essentials — Part 001

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-001).

  3. 3
    Shared Responsibility Model

    Learn the shared responsibility model in cloud security: what the provider secures, what you own, and how to apply it in practice.

  4. 4
    Cloud security essentials — Part 002

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-002).

  5. 5
    Assess AWS Account Baseline

    Assess your AWS account baseline — Cloud security essentials.

  6. 6
    Cloud security essentials — Part 003

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-003).

  7. 7
    Enable root MFA

    Enable root MFA in five minutes — Cloud security essentials.

  8. 8
    Cloud security essentials — Part 004

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-004).

  9. 9
    Create least-privilege IAM users

    Learn to create least-privilege IAM users with this hands-on Cloud security essentials tutorial. Reduce IAM blast radius, troubleshoot edge cases, and prepare for the next lesson.

  10. 10
    Cloud security essentials — Part 005

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-005).

  11. 11
    Write IAM Policies with Conditions

    Learn how to write IAM policies with conditions to reduce blast radius. Step-by-step guide with hands-on exercises, troubleshooting, and next steps.

  12. 12
    Cloud security essentials — Part 006

    Placeholder slot — edit in console (secure-cloud-stub-006).

    Cloud security essentials — step-by-step tutorials

    What you will find here

    This track walks through cloud security essentials in order — each lesson is server-rendered HTML you can read without JavaScript. Follow the outline, then practice in the browser IDE when a lesson links to runnable code.

    Tutorials vs quizzes and code samples

    Tutorials teach in sequence. For quick checks use quizzes. For copy-paste snippets see code samples. For deeper reading browse articles.