Exercise 13.1 – Reviewing the Trusted Advisor reports in your AWS account
In this exercise, you will log into your AWS account and review the Trusted Advisor service:
- Log in to your AWS Management Console as the IAM user Alice.
- Navigate to the Trusted Advisor console, which is located under the Management & Governance category in your list of services.
- You will be redirected to the Trusted Advisor dashboard.
- Because you may only have subscribed to the Basic Support plan, you will note that only a few checks are visible. From the main dashboard, note the Checks Summary section on the main pane of the dashboard.
- From the right-hand pane, click on the Security category.
- In the right-hand pane, you will note various checks, such as the one for MFA being enabled on your root account.
- Expand the check labeled Security Groups - Specific Ports Unrestricted. This check analyzes how your security groups have been configured, highlighting specific ports...