AWS Monitoring, Auditing, and Compliance with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Config

Managing resources in the cloud requires a clear strategy for visibility, security, and compliance. Many cloud practitioners struggle to understand when to use CloudWatch, CloudTrail, or Config, often misconfiguring them or missing critical events. This text-based course clarifies their distinct roles and shows you how to use them together for comprehensive governance. You will transition from confusion to confidence, knowing exactly how to monitor system health, audit user activity, and enforce resource compliance across your cloud infrastructure. What you'll learn: - Understand the core differences, use cases, and pricing models for CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Config - Monitor system performance, collect custom metrics, and set up automated alarms using CloudWatch - Audit AWS API activity and user actions to track who did what and when using CloudTrail logs - Track configuration history, evaluate resource compliance against rules, and automate remediation using Config - Integrate all three services to build a unified monitoring, logging, and compliance workflow - Apply modern security best practices, including zero-trust principles and secure log storage This course begins with foundational concepts, establishing clear definitions and comparing the three services side-by-side. You will then progress through practical, written scenarios that demonstrate how to configure and query logs, set up real-time alerts, and audit resource changes. This course is designed for beginners, aspiring cloud engineers, and system administrators who want to build a solid foundation in cloud governance without any prior monitoring experience. Start mastering cloud monitoring and compliance today.