Security Automation and Compliance as Code
Manual security reviews do not scale. When your environment has hundreds of accounts and thousands of resources, security controls must be defined as code, deployed automatically, and continuously validated. This course covers the patterns and tools for turning security and compliance requirements into automated, enforceable infrastructure.
What This Course Covers​
Automated Remediation with Config Rules and Lambda​
AWS Config detects non-compliant resources. Lambda fixes them. The combination creates self-healing infrastructure where misconfigurations are automatically corrected within minutes. This module covers building custom Config rules, writing remediation Lambda functions, and handling edge cases like remediation loops and false positives.
Security Baseline Templates​
Every new AWS account should start with a security baseline: CloudTrail enabled, GuardDuty activated, default EBS encryption, S3 Block Public Access at the account level, and password policies configured. This module provides Terraform and CDK templates that deploy a complete security baseline as part of account provisioning.
Compliance Mapping​
Compliance frameworks like HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 define requirements in business language. This module maps those requirements to specific AWS controls, Config rules, and Security Hub standards, giving you a traceable path from compliance requirement to technical implementation.
Automated Security Audit Pipelines​
Security audits should not be annual events. This module covers building CI/CD pipelines that run security checks on every infrastructure change: static analysis of Terraform with tools like tfsec and Checkov, policy-as-code with OPA, and automated drift detection.
Module Outline​
| Module | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Custom Config rules: writing evaluation Lambda functions for your specific requirements |
| 2 | Automated remediation: SSM Automation documents and Lambda remediation patterns |
| 3 | Security baseline templates: account-level security controls deployed as code |
| 4 | Compliance mapping: HIPAA, PCI DSS, and SOC 2 controls to AWS services and Config rules |
| 5 | Policy-as-code: OPA and Sentinel for Terraform plan validation |
| 6 | Security audit pipelines: tfsec, Checkov, and custom checks in CI/CD |
| 7 | Continuous compliance dashboards: Security Hub custom insights and reporting |
Security Automation and Compliance as Code
Get the complete 7-module course with production-ready Terraform, CDK, and CloudFormation templates for automated remediation, security baselines, and compliance mapping.