Summary – Understanding Attacks on Cloud Environments – SCS-C02 Study Guide

Summary

In this chapter, you learned about some of the most prevalent attacks that security engineers face. This knowledge of common attacks puts the need for security services into perspective. It also gives you an understanding of the various services you will need as you go through the rest of this book with a crucial purpose. That purpose is to not only protect your cloud assets and data but to also gain knowledge about the very common, specific types of attacks that they may face.

You also explored one of the most prevalent attacks, DDoS, in depth, including how these attacks occur and which AWS services (namely, AWS WAF and AWS Shield/Shield Advanced, among others) help mitigate them.

The next chapter will detail sections dedicated to the AWS Certified Security Specialty domains, specifically Domain 1: Incident Response. It will begin with a focus on incident response and how it is handled in the context of an AWS account (or multiple accounts).

Further Reading

For additional information on the AWS shared responsibility model and for a better understanding of AWS security, refer to the following resources:

• AWS Startup Security Baseline (AWS SSB): https://packt.link/TEj5U
• AWS Foundational Security Best Practices (FSBP) standard: https://packt.link/PUdKl
• AWS Managed Rules group list for AWS WAF: https://packt.link/3v6om
• Security Automations for AWS WAF: https://packt.link/g8xlD
• OWASP Cloud-Native Application Security Top 10: https://packt.link/2Hz5K
• What is a DDoS Attack? https://packt.link/2Hz5K
• Disaster Recovery of Workloads on AWS: Recovery in the Cloud (whitepaper): https://packt.link/V5tJO

Exam Readiness Drill – Chapter Review Questions

Apart from a solid understanding of key concepts, being able to think quickly under time pressure is a skill that will help you ace your certification exam. That is why working on these skills early on in your learning journey is key.

Chapter review questions are designed to improve your test-taking skills progressively with each chapter you learn and review your understanding of key concepts in the chapter at the same time. You’ll find these at the end of each chapter.

How To Access These Resources

To learn how to access these resources, head over to the chapter titled Chapter 21, Accessing the Online Practice Resources.

To open the Chapter Review Questions for this chapter, perform the following steps:

1. Click the link – https://packt.link/SCSC02E2_CH03.

Alternatively, you can scan the following QR code (Figure 3.6):

Figure 3.6: QR code that opens Chapter Review Questions for logged-in users

• Once you log in, you’ll see a page similar to the one shown in Figure 3.7:

Figure 3.7: Chapter Review Questions for Chapter 3

• Once ready, start the following practice drills, re-attempting the quiz multiple times.