Study with Me - AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Notes (2/2)

Welcome to Part 2 of the Study With Me – AWS Cloud Practitioner Exam Notes series.
In this session, we continue from where Part 1 ended and cover the remaining core AWS concepts that every beginner—and every exam candidate—must understand.

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In this guided reading session, we walk through these topics directly from the notes:

🔐 AWS Security Essentials

– Authentication vs Authorization
– IAM users, groups, roles, policies
– Secrets Manager, Systems Manager
– Protection against DoS/DDoS with AWS Shield and WAF
– Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS & ACM

🛡 Threat Detection & Response

– Inspector (vulnerability scanning)
– GuardDuty (intelligent threat detection)
– Detective (security investigation)
– Security Hub (centralized security view)

📊 Monitoring, Logging & Governance

– CloudWatch metrics, alarms, logs, dashboards
– CloudTrail for API/activity tracking
– AWS Artifact, AWS Config, Audit Manager
– Governance with AWS Organizations, OUs, and SCPs
– Control Tower, Service Catalog, License Manager

🏥 Reliability & Operations Tools

– AWS Health Dashboard
– Trusted Advisor
– IAM Access Analyzer

💰 AWS Pricing & Support Models

– Pay-as-you-go, save when you commit, and pay less by using more
– Cost Explorer, Budgets, Pricing Calculator
– Support tiers from Basic to Enterprise and TAM guidance

🚚 Cloud Migration Fundamentals

– Migration phases: Assess, Mobilize, Migrate & Modernize
– Migration Evaluator, Discovery Service, Migration Hub
– Application Migration Service, DMS, SCT
– Data transfer tools: DataSync, Transfer Family, Snowball
– 7Rs of Migration & AWS CAF perspectives

🧩 AWS Well-Architected Framework

– Six pillars: Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability
– Using the Well-Architected Tool for workload reviews

This session is ideal for:
• AWS Cloud Practitioner exam learners
• Cloud beginners seeking structured guidance
• Professionals preparing migration or cloud governance roles
• Anyone who benefits from calm, focused “study along” sessions

👉 If you're following the full series, make sure to watch Part 1 before this video.

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