AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWS Cloud Practitioner
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COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course Duration 60 Hours
This course is for individuals who seek an overall understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, independent of specific technical roles. You will learn about AWS Cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to build your AWS Cloud knowledge. This course also helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
You Will Learn:
- Summarize the working definition of AWS
- Differentiate between on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and all-in cloud
- Describe the basic global infrastructure of the AWS Cloud
- Explain the six benefits of the AWS Cloud
- Describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage
- Identify an appropriate solution using AWS Cloud services with various use cases
- Describe the AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Explain the shared responsibility model
- Describe the core security services within the AWS Cloud
- Describe the basics of AWS Cloud migration
- Articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud for an organization’s cost management
- Define the core billing, account management, and pricing models.
- Explain how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services
Job Outlook of AWS Cloud Practitioner
As more businesses migrate to the cloud, the demand for professionals with cloud skills, including those with foundational knowledge from AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, continues to grow. This demand is particularly strong in industries such as technology, finance, healthcare, and e-commerce. AWS Cloud Practitioners are often suited for entry-level roles such as Cloud Support Associate, Cloud Operations Specialist, or Junior Cloud Engineer.
Why become an AWS Cloud Practitioner?
The AWS Cloud Practitioner certification provides a solid foundation in cloud concepts, AWS services, and basic architectural principles. This certification can be a stepping stone to more advanced AWS certifications, such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect or AWS Certified DevOps Engineer. The certification is valuable for a wide range of roles, including those in sales, marketing, finance, and operations, where an understanding of cloud computing can enhance job performance and decision-making.
OBJECTIVE
The AWS Cloud Practitioner course aims to provide individuals with a fundamental understanding of cloud computing concepts and AWS services. By focusing on core AWS services, cloud strategy, security, architecture, and exam preparation, the course prepares learners to effectively engage with AWS technologies and supports their professional development in the field of cloud computing.
COURSE CONTENT
- Define the benefits of the AWS cloud
- Security
- Reliability
- High Availability
- Elasticity
- Agility
- Pay-as-you go pricing
- Scalability
- Global Reach
- Economy of scale
- Explain how the AWS cloud allows users to focus on business value
- Shifting technical resources to revenue-generating activities as opposed to managing infrastructure
- Define items that would be part of a Total Cost of Ownership proposal
- Understand the role of operational expenses (OpEx)
- Understand the role of capital expenses (CapEx)
- Understand labor costs associated with on-premises operations
- Understand the impact of software licensing costs when moving to the cloud
- Identify which operations will reduce costs by moving to the cloud
- Right-sized infrastructure
- Benefits of automation
- Reduce compliance scope (for example, reporting)
- Managed services (for example, RDS, ECS, EKS, DynamoDB)
- Recognize the elements of the Shared Responsibility Model
- Describe the customer’s responsibly on AWS
- Describe how the customer’s responsibilities may shift depending on the service used (for example with RDS, Lambda, or EC2)
- Describe AWS responsibilities
- Identify where to find AWS compliance information
- Locations of lists of recognized available compliance controls (for example, HIPPA, SOCs)
- Recognize that compliance requirements vary among AWS services
- At a high level, describe how customers achieve compliance on AWS
- Identify different encryption options on AWS (for example, In transit, At rest)
- Describe who enables encryption on AWS for a given service
- Recognize there are services that will aid in auditing and reporting
- Recognize that logs exist for auditing and monitoring (do not have to understand the logs)
- Define Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Config, and AWS CloudTrail
- Explain the concept of least privileged access
- Understand the purpose of User and Identity Management
- Access keys and password policies (rotation, complexity)
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Groups/users
- Roles
- Policies, managed policies compared to custom policies
- Tasks that require use of root accounts
- Protection of root accounts
- Recognize there are different network security capabilities
- Native AWS services (for example, security groups, Network ACLs, AWS WAF)
- 3rd party security products from the AWS Marketplace
- Recognize there is documentation and where to find it (for example, best practices, whitepapers, official documents)
- AWS Knowledge Center, Security Center, security forum, and security blogs
- Partner Systems Integrators
- Know that security checks are a component of AWS Trusted Advisor
