AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2021 – Hands-On - Athena and Glue, Costs, and Security

The video tutorial explains how AWS Glue and Athena work together to structure unstructured data in S3, allowing it to be queried like a database. It covers the use of Glue Data Catalogs, Athena workgroups for organizing users and controlling costs, and strategies for optimizing costs and performance using columnar formats and partitioning. Security measures, including IAM policies and encryption, are discussed, along with common anti-patterns to avoid when using Athena.

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