AWS Security Arsenal Explained | GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, WAF & Shield | Day 16

Welcome to Day 16 of the AWS Builder Challenge 2026, a structured 21-day learning series designed to help you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) certification. Security is one of the highest-weighted domains in the Cloud Practitioner exam, and in this lesson you'll learn the core AWS security services used to detect threats, assess vulnerabilities, protect applications, manage encryption, and monitor compliance. We'll explore how services like Amazon GuardDuty, Amazon Inspector, Amazon Macie, AWS Config, AWS WAF, AWS Shield, AWS KMS, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Certificate Manager (ACM), and AWS Security Hub work together to build a secure AWS environment. The session concludes with a hands-on demonstration of enabling Amazon GuardDuty, generating sample findings, and understanding how security alerts are analyzed in AWS. Topics Covered AWS Security Overview Amazon GuardDuty Amazon Inspector Amazon Macie AWS Config AWS WAF AWS Shield Standard AWS Shield Advanced AWS Key Management Service (KMS) AWS Secrets Manager AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) AWS Security Hub Hands-on Lab: Enable Amazon GuardDuty AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) Exam Tips This video is ideal for: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) candidates AWS beginners Students and educators Cloud engineers Security enthusiasts Developers preparing for AWS certifications The AWS Builder Challenge is a free 21-day course that combines conceptual learning, real-world examples, exam-focused explanations, and practical AWS demonstrations. If you find this series helpful, consider subscribing and following the complete AWS Builder Challenge playlist. #AWS #CloudPractitioner #CLFC02 #AWSSecurity #AmazonGuardDuty #AWSWAF #AWSShield #AWSKMS #AWSBuilderChallenge #CloudComputing