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Shifting Left in AWS CI/CD

This course will teach you the strategic shift toward integrating proactive security guardrails that enhance CI/CD pipeline velocity by “shifting left.”

Intermediate
15m

Created by Andru Estes

Last Updated Apr 22, 2026

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Shifting Left in AWS CI/CD

This course will teach you the strategic shift toward integrating proactive security guardrails that enhance CI/CD pipeline velocity by “shifting left.”

Intermediate
15m

Created by Andru Estes

Last Updated Apr 22, 2026

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What you'll learn

Late-stage security findings can halt deployments and increase operational overhead, creating significant challenges for development teams. In this course, Shifting Left in AWS CI/CD, you’ll gain the ability to embed proactive security practices into your AWS delivery pipeline. First, you’ll explore why governance belongs within the delivery pipeline. Next, you’ll discover how policy as code can reduce operational overhead and improve consistency. Finally, you’ll learn how to implement proactive controls that shift security left without slowing development velocity. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of integrating security and governance into AWS CI/CD needed to confidently move toward hands-on security implementation in AWS.

Shifting Left in AWS CI/CD
Intermediate
15m
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Andru Estes - Pluralsight course - Shifting Left in AWS CI/CD
Andru Estes
27 courses 4.7 author rating 1104 ratings

Andru has been working within the IT industry for just under 15 years. He started off in Systems Administration and Systems Engineering within virtualization platforms like VMware and Hyper-V. Soon after that, he began his journey into the public cloud, where he quickly dove headfirst into AWS and Azure. After working as a Cloud Architect and Consultant for the past 7 years, Andru found his other passion in being able to help students learn about the public cloud and general DevOps methodologies. If it involves public cloud, DevOps, or Python, then Andru is all about it!

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