Clear and Simple AWS Advanced Security 2022 (Udemy.com)
Everything You Need to Pass Your AWS Advanced Security - Specialty Exam
Created by: Rick Crisci
Last updated March 2025
What you will learn
- Pass the AWS Certified Advanced Security - Specialty Exam
- Learn how to manage AWS Security with many hands-on lab demos
- Use practice tests to refine your knowledge and identify weak spots
How it compares
Against the other 235 rated Udemy courses in AWS on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 64% of them
- Reviews880#122 of 236 by number of reviews
- Length12.1 hourslonger than 59% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2025more recently than 55% of them
Course Description
"Clearly explained. Well organized. Very helpful. Thank you." - DC
"The course is very straight forward and easy to understand." - Patricia
Are you looking for AWS Security Training? Do you want to learn from an experienced trainer who makes complex concepts simple and easy to understand? Do you need to prepare for the AWS Security Specialty exam?
I am an experienced AWS Instructor, and have a number of top-rated courses on Udemy. Most lectures in this course are 5 - 15 minutes long. A few deeper topics are slightly longer.
Cloud Computing is everywhere. Traditional standalone datacenters are slowly becoming a thing of the past. More organizations are either migrating to the AWS cloud, or are configuring hybrid computing models that use on-premises resources and cloud resources. In order to stay relevant you must understand AWS. This course builds off my "AWS Solutions Architect Associate with Practice Test" videos, and gives you a deeper understanding of AWS Security.
Topics covered include:
Security basics and the shared responsibility model
IAM policies and Multi-Factor authentication
Securing S3 with ACLs, bucket policies, IAM, encryption, and pre-signed URLs
Identity federations, Security Token Service, Cross-Account Access, and Cognito
Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing with CloudTrail, CloudWatch, AWS Inspector, and Trusted Advisor
Key Management with KMS, external keys, KMS grants and more
VPC Security and Monitoring with public and private subnets, NACLs, Security Groups, Flow Logs, and SSL
AWS WAF, AWS Shield, Athena, Macie, GuardDuty, Artifact, and Session Manager
Security incident response, DDoS, and Penetration testing
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
880 Reviews
Rick Crisci
I am the owner of TrainerTests and have delivered thousands of hours of official live training to my students, and I love teaching people new skills.
I provide video training unlike any other organization. I believe in using high quality illustrations and animations to simplify complex concepts. In my courses you will get the technical depth that you need, with a focus on making sure that you completely understand the underlying concepts.
Please feel free to connect with me on LinkedIn, I always enjoy making new contacts with my students!
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Reviews
By Arturo La Paz on 6/8/2022
This is the 4th or 5th course I take from Rick Crisci and, as usual, he did not disappoint. His calmed but encouraging delivery makes complicated concepts very simple to understand and digest. He really has a natural talent to teach this stuff. Regarding the course itself, it is very concise and mixes very well both the refresher basic AWS concepts I learned from previous courses and the (new for me) AWS security topics that I came here for. The 100+ questions practice exam at the end is the cherry on top. An eye opener assessment of my current AWS Security knowledge. I took it once, thinking I was going to nail it but I got humbled very soon and made me realized which are my weak points so I can go back to the drawing board and make emphasis in such areas. Will retake it ASAP. Thanks Rick, you nailed it again.
By Asli Meryem Dinç on 4/10/2022
The instructor explains the concepts of security in a good and short designed way (Instructor explains some topics fast). However the final quiz doesn't provide satisfactory explanations for most of the questions. I'd rather to see the instructor's self explanations instead of addressing the documentation. Documentation can not address the wrong options. I would like to see why the wrong options are actually wrong. By the way some of the questions don't have the answers at corresponding links. Here are some examples; - 34: link doesn't include the correct answer. - 48: No explanation. - 49: Doesn't address the correct answer., - 57: Insufficient explanation
By Shripad Joshi on 1/4/2021
Very useful and informative course. It is highly engaging and Rick has put huge effort to make it so. Course contents are spot on. I learnt a lot about security as well as AWS Cloud in general with those additional notes and points during the lectures. Video and audio quality is excellent, Thanks a lot Rick.
By Juan Jose Sanchez-Rangel on 12/26/2020
This is a very good, hands on course. I was able to follow the examples for the most part. I might need a little updating on the interface shown on video, but amazon sometimes updates it so much that it is hard to keep up. I will buy more from this author.
By Davide Fini on 11/4/2020
Rock is very clear and explains all the topics touched in a very good manner. It’s also nice that he speaks slowly and with a very easy accent, so it’s awesome for those who are not English mother tongue
By Anonymized User on 9/28/2020
Amazing presentation and demo, the instructor definitely seems knowledgable and is able to explain in a simple and efficient manner. I specifically subscribed to this course as I was not able to grasp the details of key management via some other course, Guess what? I am glad that I made that decision.
By SS Murthy on 8/10/2020
Believe me or not, this is the ONLY course I took the pass the AWS Security Specialty certification in addition to the many AWS reinvent videos. Rick is very clear about the concepts and walks through the exact specifics that is key to passing the exam. Great job Rick, owe you a big one.
By Anonymized User on 8/4/2020
I'm conflicted about this course. Parts of it seem very rudimentary and more Solutions Architect than Security Specialty, but then Rick hits a topic that's right on point and done very well. Overall, I feel like this is hitting all the talking points for the exam, but I don't feel like it's making me an AWS Security Specialist - kind of like knowledge without the context. I will say the production value is excellent.
By Jason Lee on 7/1/2020
This is short and to-the-point presentation, but it is a bit short on coverage and content. It covers most of the stuff, and asks you to learn on your own for the details. I took this course together with Zeal Vora's in Udemy, and that combination seems to be perfect. This one can be used to grasp big picture, and Zeal's can be used for detailed nitty gritty.
By Tony Ackley on 5/24/2020
Rick does an excellent job stepping you through each security detail to help you understand what you need tp understand security concepts. So far through 5 lesson's, he is very heavy on the demonstration which helps you understand the concepts.
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Overall Score : 92 / 100








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