AWS Certificate Manager: Secure SSL/TLS for Cloud Apps

Securing web applications with SSL/TLS certificates is no longer optional, but managing manual renewals and expirations can lead to costly downtime. AWS Certificate Manager simplifies this process by automating the entire lifecycle of your public and private certificates.\n\nIn this text-only course, you will learn how to secure your cloud-based applications efficiently. You will start with the fundamental concepts of encryption and SSL/TLS before moving on to provisioning and deploying certificates across various AWS services.\n\nWhat you'll learn:\n- Understand the core principles of SSL/TLS encryption and certificate authority structures\n- Provision public and private certificates using AWS Certificate Manager\n- Configure automated DNS validation to streamline certificate approval and renewal\n- Deploy certificates to AWS resources like Elastic Load Balancing and CloudFront\n- Manage automatic renewals to prevent security warnings and application downtime\n- Apply modern infrastructure-as-code patterns to manage certificates programmatically\n\nWe begin by establishing a solid foundation of web security terminology and certificate types. From there, you will read through step-by-step explanations on requesting certificates, validating domain ownership, and integrating them with cloud distribution networks.\n\nThis course is designed for beginner cloud administrators, web developers, and security enthusiasts who want to master automated certificate management without prior AWS security experience.\n\nStart reading today to establish secure, automated, and worry-free connections for your cloud applications.