Week 6 Worklog

Week 6 Objectives:

• Master AWS Shield DDoS Protection:

  • Understand AWS Shield Standard and Advanced features
  • Configure DDoS protection for resources
  • Monitor and respond to DDoS events
  • Implement cost protection and SLA
  • Analyze attack patterns and metrics

• Learn AWS GuardDuty Threat Detection:

  • Understand GuardDuty threat detection capabilities
  • Configure findings and alerting
  • Analyze security threats and anomalies
  • Implement automated responses
  • Monitor account and resource security

• Learn Amazon Inspector Security Assessment:

  • Understand Inspector assessment templates
  • Configure security assessments
  • Analyze vulnerabilities and findings
  • Implement remediation actions
  • Monitor security posture

• Master AWS Trusted Advisor Optimization:

  • Understand Trusted Advisor best practices
  • Configure checks and notifications
  • Analyze recommendations
  • Implement cost optimization
  • Monitor performance and security

• Learn AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) for Access Management:

  • Understand AWS SSO concepts and benefits
  • Configure AWS SSO with AWS Organizations
  • Set up identity providers and user directories
  • Implement permission sets and access controls
  • Monitor and manage SSO user activities

• Master EC2 Auto Scaling for Dynamic Capacity:

  • Understand EC2 Auto Scaling concepts and features
  • Create and configure Auto Scaling groups
  • Set up scaling policies and schedules
  • Implement instance health checks and monitoring
  • Optimize costs with Auto Scaling

• Learn EC2 Systems Manager for Instance Management:

  • Understand EC2 Systems Manager capabilities
  • Configure Systems Manager for instance management
  • Implement patch management and updates
  • Use Session Manager for secure access
  • Monitor and troubleshoot instances with Systems Manager

• Learn Amazon Redshift for Data Warehousing:

  • Understand Amazon Redshift architecture and components
  • Configure Redshift clusters and nodes
  • Set up database security and access controls
  • Implement data distribution and sort keys
  • Monitor and optimize query performance

• Master Amazon EMR for Big Data Processing:

  • Understand EMR cluster architecture and components
  • Configure EMR clusters with Hadoop and Spark
  • Set up data storage with S3 and HDFS
  • Implement security and IAM roles for EMR
  • Monitor and troubleshoot EMR cluster performance

• Learn AWS Glue for ETL Workflows:

  • Understand AWS Glue architecture and components
  • Configure Glue Data Catalog and crawlers
  • Develop ETL jobs with Glue Studio
  • Implement job triggers and scheduling
  • Monitor and optimize ETL job performance

• Master Amazon ElastiCache for In-Memory Caching:

  • Understand ElastiCache concepts and use cases
  • Configure Redis and Memcached clusters
  • Implement caching strategies and patterns
  • Monitor and optimize cache performance
  • Manage backups and recovery for caches

• Learn Amazon SQS for Message Queuing:

  • Understand SQS concepts and queue types
  • Configure standard and FIFO queues
  • Implement message attributes and metadata
  • Set up dead-letter queues and long polling
  • Monitor and optimize queue performance

• Learn Amazon Kinesis for Real-Time Data Streaming:

  • Understand Kinesis concepts and components
  • Configure data streams and shards
  • Implement producers and consumers
  • Monitor and analyze stream data
  • Manage and optimize stream processing

• Learn Amazon MSK for Managed Kafka Service:

  • Understand MSK architecture and components
  • Configure MSK clusters and brokers
  • Set up Kafka topics and partitions
  • Implement producers and consumers
  • Monitor and troubleshoot Kafka performance

• Master Amazon MQ for Message Brokers:

  • Understand Amazon MQ concepts and broker types
  • Configure ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ brokers
  • Set up message queues and topics
  • Implement message security and encryption
  • Monitor and manage broker performance

• Understand Amazon EventBridge for Event Routing:

  • Understand EventBridge architecture and components
  • Configure event buses and rules
  • Set up event patterns and targets
  • Implement event archival and replay
  • Monitor and troubleshoot event processing

Tasks to be carried out this week:

Week 6 Achievements:

• AWS Shield DDoS Protection Mastery:

  • Mastered AWS Shield concepts and protection levels
  • Successfully configured Shield Standard protections
  • Implemented Shield Advanced features for enhanced security
  • Set up DDoS response procedures and playbooks
  • Configured CloudWatch metrics for DDoS monitoring
  • Analyzed attack patterns and mitigation effectiveness
  • Implemented cost protection mechanisms
  • Monitored protected resource availability
  • Applied DDoS resilience best practices

• AWS GuardDuty Threat Detection Expertise:

  • Mastered GuardDuty concepts and capabilities
  • Successfully enabled and configured threat detection
  • Implemented finding notifications with SNS
  • Set up automated responses with Lambda
  • Analyzed security findings and threats
  • Configured custom threat lists
  • Monitored account and resource security
  • Applied threat detection best practices

• Amazon Inspector Security Assessment Proficiency:

  • Mastered Inspector security assessment concepts
  • Successfully created assessment templates
  • Configured network and host assessments
  • Analyzed vulnerability findings
  • Implemented remediation procedures
  • Set up continuous assessment schedules
  • Monitored security posture improvements
  • Applied security assessment best practices

• AWS Trusted Advisor Optimization Mastery:

  • Mastered Trusted Advisor concepts and checks
  • Successfully configured all check categories
  • Implemented notification mechanisms
  • Analyzed cost optimization opportunities
  • Applied performance improvement recommendations
  • Implemented security enhancement suggestions
  • Monitored service limits and quotas
  • Applied resource optimization best practices

• AWS SSO Access Management Mastery:

  • Mastered AWS SSO concepts and identity management
  • Successfully integrated SSO with AWS Organizations
  • Configured identity providers and user directories
  • Implemented permission sets for access control
  • Set up SSO user portal and applications
  • Managed multi-account access permissions
  • Monitored SSO access and user activities
  • Applied best practices for SSO security

• EC2 Auto Scaling Management Expertise:

  • Mastered Auto Scaling concepts and scaling strategies
  • Successfully created and configured Auto Scaling groups
  • Implemented dynamic scaling policies
  • Configured instance refresh and updates
  • Set up predictive scaling capabilities
  • Managed mixed instance type deployments
  • Monitored scaling activities and performance
  • Applied best practices for cost optimization

• EC2 Systems Manager Operations Proficiency:

  • Mastered Systems Manager concepts and capabilities
  • Successfully configured instance management
  • Implemented automated patching strategies
  • Set up secure session management
  • Created automation runbooks for operations
  • Configured compliance policies
  • Monitored instance health and status
  • Applied best practices for fleet management

• Amazon Redshift Data Warehouse Mastery:

  • Mastered Redshift concepts and data warehouse architecture
  • Successfully created and configured Redshift clusters
  • Implemented security and encryption for data protection
  • Configured workload management for query optimization
  • Set up automated backups and maintenance windows
  • Monitored cluster performance and query execution
  • Applied best practices for data warehouse design

• Amazon EMR Big Data Processing Expertise:

  • Mastered EMR concepts and big data frameworks
  • Successfully launched and managed EMR clusters
  • Configured instance groups and automatic scaling
  • Implemented security with EMR security configurations
  • Set up EMR steps and workflows for processing
  • Monitored cluster performance and application metrics
  • Applied best practices for big data processing

• AWS Glue ETL Service Proficiency:

  • Mastered AWS Glue concepts and ETL workflows
  • Successfully configured Glue Data Catalog
  • Created and managed crawlers for data discovery
  • Developed ETL jobs using Python and Scala
  • Implemented job bookmarks and error handling
  • Set up job triggers and scheduling
  • Monitored ETL operations and performance
  • Applied best practices for data integration

• Amazon ElastiCache In-Memory Cache Mastery:

  • Mastered ElastiCache concepts for in-memory caching
  • Successfully created Redis and Memcached clusters
  • Configured cache node types and scaling options
  • Implemented caching strategies and patterns
  • Set up backup and restore procedures
  • Configured cluster security and encryption
  • Monitored cache performance metrics
  • Applied best practices for cache optimization

• Amazon SQS Message Queue Expertise:

  • Mastered SQS concepts and queue types
  • Successfully created standard and FIFO queues
  • Implemented message attributes and metadata
  • Configured dead-letter queues for failed messages
  • Set up long polling for efficient message retrieval
  • Implemented message visibility timeout
  • Monitored queue performance metrics
  • Applied best practices for reliable messaging

• Amazon Kinesis Data Streaming Proficiency:

  • Mastered Kinesis concepts for real-time streaming
  • Successfully configured data streams and shards
  • Implemented producers using Kinesis SDK
  • Set up consumers with enhanced fan-out
  • Configured stream processing with Lambda
  • Implemented data analytics applications
  • Monitored stream metrics and performance
  • Applied best practices for stream processing

• Amazon MSK Kafka Service Mastery:

  • Mastered MSK concepts and Kafka architecture
  • Successfully created and configured MSK clusters
  • Implemented Kafka topics and partitioning strategies
  • Set up producers and consumers with SDKs
  • Configured security with encryption and authentication
  • Implemented monitoring with Prometheus and CloudWatch
  • Applied best practices for Kafka operations

• Amazon MQ Message Broker Expertise:

  • Mastered Amazon MQ concepts and broker types
  • Successfully deployed ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ brokers
  • Configured queues and topics for messaging
  • Implemented high availability with multi-AZ deployment
  • Set up security with authentication and encryption
  • Monitored broker health and performance
  • Applied best practices for message broker management

• Amazon EventBridge Event Routing Proficiency:

  • Mastered EventBridge concepts and event routing
  • Successfully created custom event buses
  • Implemented event rules and patterns
  • Configured multiple event targets
  • Set up event archival and replay
  • Monitored event processing and delivery
  • Applied best practices for event-driven architectures