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Amazon Macie hands-on

Amazon Macie hands-on

- [Instructor] Amazon Macie hands-on labs. Amazon Macie uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect your sensitive data. Today we're going hands-on to see how this powerful service can secure your data at scale. Before we jump into the demo, let's take a moment to understand what Amazon Macie is and why it's important. Amazon Macie is a fully managed data security and privacy service from AWS. Its job is to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data stored in Amazon S3. Using machine learning, Macie helps identify things like personally identifiable information, or PII, financial data, healthcare records, and other sensitive content. What makes Macie powerful is that it doesn't just find sensitive data, it also helps you understand where your data lives, assess your risk exposure, and set up automated actions like quarantining files, alerting security teams, or updating access policies. It's a key tool for improving your data security…

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