Week 4 Worklog

Week 4 Objectives:

  • Master advanced Security and Access Management methods on AWS.
  • Integrate Authentication for the project using Amazon Cognito.

Detailed implementation tasks:

Day Date Tasks References
Mon 22/06/2026 - Network Monitoring with VPC Flow Logs, Managing Service Quotas.
- Monitor API Gateway and Lambda logs via CloudWatch.		 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
Tue 23/06/2026 - Cost Management, Automating Snapshots with EBS Data Lifecycle Manager.
- Build UI to display the list of attended students.		 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
Wed 24/06/2026 - Identity Federation with AWS SSO, IAM Permission Boundaries, IAM Policies.
- Research user authentication integration for Frontend.		 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
Thu 25/06/2026 - AWS Security Hub, Private S3 Access with VPC Endpoints, AWS WAF.
- Deploy Amazon Cognito for admin access control.		 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/
Fri 26/06/2026 - Encryption with AWS KMS, Data Protection with Amazon Macie, AWS Secrets Manager.
- Integrate AWS Secrets Manager to manage secure environment variables.		 https://cloudjourney.awsstudygroup.com/

Week 4 Achievements:

  • AWS Knowledge: Delved deep into VPC Flow Logs for network traffic monitoring and configured Service Quotas. Learned to use AWS SSO and establish strict IAM permission boundaries. Grasped the configurations for WAF, KMS, and Secrets Manager to secure sensitive cloud data.
  • BK-Sync Project: Successfully deployed an Amazon Cognito User Pool to authenticate Admins logging into the system. Integrated secure environment variable management via Secrets Manager and added a frontend UI to display the list of students who have completed attendance.