Security Detection and Response Architecture
Build a production security detection-and-response pipeline using CloudWatch alarms, metric filters, SNS alerting, and Lambda automated response — the core SAP-C02 security operations pattern: detect, alert, respond, verify.
Lab Overview
Implement a complete security detection and response architecture following AWS security best practices. Create multi-severity SNS alerting channels, inject and detect simulated security events with CloudWatch metric filters, build layered alarms with tiered routing, and deploy a Lambda-based automated response function. Validate the full pipeline end-to-end by triggering alarms and verifying automated responses — the security operations pattern essential for SAP-C02 Domain 3 (Design Secure Architectures).
What You'll Learn
Design multi-severity SNS alerting channels for security events
Create CloudWatch metric filters to detect security anomalies from logs
Build layered CloudWatch alarms with appropriate severity routing
Deploy Lambda automated response functions triggered by security alerts
Validate end-to-end detection and response pipeline
Prerequisites
Understanding of AWS CloudWatch (logs, metrics, alarms)
Familiarity with SNS topics and subscriptions
Basic knowledge of AWS Lambda and IAM roles
Comfortable with AWS CLI
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