Sophie Goodwin and Jill West. Sophie discusses her background and recent certification in cybersecurity, while Jill shares her experience in education and IT, particularly in cloud computing. The target audience for the course is described as individuals with a solid IT background, equivalent to CompTIA A+, Network+, and Security+ knowledge, along with additional cybersecurity certification. AWS recommends at least five years of IT security experience and two years of hands-on experience securing AWS workloads. The course will cover data encryption in AWS, including topics such as data classification, encrypting data at rest and in transit, and key management.