Overview
This Cloud Fundamentals Certificate course introduces you to Cloud Computing, a growing and rapidly changing field that is becoming increasingly vital to business survival, job stability, and national security.
Skills Covered
- Define cloud technology
- Articulate the characteristics and benefits of cloud computing
- Identify the:
- Components of a cloud solution
- Benefits of virtualization
- Reasons why virtualization is implemented
- Describe the risks associated with virtualization
- Explain the considerations for cloud service implementation
- Describe the considerations for migrating data to the cloud
- Distinguish between cloud deployment models
- Identify the considerations for choosing cloud deployment and service models
- Distinguish between the SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models
- Describe the benefits of using cloud services
- Identify niche cloud services
- Explain solution stacks
- List the layers of a cloud stack
- Describe the decisions to implement solution stacks
- Describe the need for cloud governance
- Identify the requirements for cloud governance
- Explain how cloud solutions meet business drivers of organizations
- Identify the strategic value of cloud computing for an organization
- Identify the risks associated with cloud solutions
- Describe the measures to manage risks to cloud solutions
- Identify the focus areas of Service Organization Control (SOC) 3 reports and Cloud access security brokers (CASBs)
- Describe the need and considerations for carefully selecting cloud vendors
- Identify the target outcomes and roles of cloud vendor management
- Describe the desired measures for a cloud service provider (CSP)’s performance
- Describe the activities in service level monitoring, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and vulnerability management
- Identify the need for the portability of cloud services
- Explain the challenges associated with porting cloud services
- Identify the principles for validating cloud solutions
- Identify the possible impact of a misconfiguration of a cloud solution
- Explain the importance of the efficient management of cloud resources
- State the policies for managing cloud resources
- Describe the targets for load balancing on the cloud
- Explain the expectations for maintaining the availability of cloud storage and data
- Describe the considerations for preparing Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs)
Who Should Attend
The Cloud Fundamentals Certificate is intended for:
A wide-range of individuals, including:
- Current IT Professionals looking to upskill to broaden their IT knowledge and skills or keep up-to-date with emerging technologies.
- IT Audit, risk, security and governance professionals looking to gain a fundamental understanding of emerging technology knowledge and skills.
- Those new to IT, students, recent graduates and career changers looking to differentiate themselves from other job candidates.
Course Curriculum
Course Modules
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Cloud Fundamentals Exam
