Amazon Macie is a data security service that uses machine learning (ML) and pattern matching to discover and help protect your sensitive data. Macie provides visibility into data security risks and supports automated protection against those risks. This fundamental course will help you understand key concepts, use cases, and architecture.
- Course level: Fundamental
- Duration: 60 minutes
Activities
This course includes presentations, demonstrations, videos, and assessments.
Course objectives
In this course, you will learn to:
- Understand the fundamentals of Macie
- Identify common use cases
- Understand how Amazon Macie works at an architectural level
Intended audience
This course is intended for:
- Security engineers, security analysts, security operations, and security DevOps.
Prerequisites
We recommend that attendees of this course have:
- A fundamental understanding of the AWS Cloud and the security services available to secure your cloud.
- Completed the AWS Security Fundamentals Second Edition digital course on AWS Skill Builder.
Course outline
Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Macie
- Benefits of Amazon Macie
- Demo – Activating your Amazon Macie Account
- Demo – Loading data into Amazon S3
- Demo – Checking Amazon Macie Costs
Module 2: Amazon Macie Architecture
- Architecting solutions overview with S3 and Security Hub
Module 3: Amazon Macie Use Cases
- Discover sensitive data for compliance
- Protect sensitive data during migration
- Increase visibility for business-critical data
- Demo – Creating a Data Discovery Job with Amazon Macie
- Demo – Activating Automated Sensitive Data Discovery
- Demo – Exploring Sample Findings with Macie
