AWS CloudTrail for Security and Auditing

In the cloud, knowing who did what, when, and from where is the foundation of robust security. This text-based course guides you through AWS CloudTrail, the essential service for auditing and monitoring activity across your AWS account. You will transition from a cloud beginner to a confident analyst capable of tracking API calls, identifying unauthorized access attempts, and maintaining compliance standards. Through structured written explanations and practical log analysis exercises, you will learn how to configure, query, and secure your event history. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational cloud auditing concepts and AWS CloudTrail architecture - Configure multi-region trails and organize log storage securely in S3 - Analyze log data using Athena queries to detect security anomalies - Integrate CloudTrail with CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and alerting - Apply security best practices, including log file integrity validation and encryption - Implement basic infrastructure-as-code patterns to automate trail deployment The course starts with core terminology and foundational security concepts before guiding you through practical log-analysis workflows and advanced monitoring setups. Designed specifically for beginners, this course requires no prior cloud auditing experience, though a basic familiarity with AWS is helpful. Start building a transparent, secure, and compliant cloud environment today.