Internet And Network Technologies
Cloud Computing Technology Fundamentals
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Protocols & Standards
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Security
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Virtualization & Data Centers
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Identity, Presence, and Privacy
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Overview
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing & Managing Cloud Data
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing and Managing Cloud Data
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Virtualization and Data Centers
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Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Protocols & Standards
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Protocols & Standards
- describe emerging standards for cloud computing
- list the groups working on cloud computing standards
- list common cloud security protocols
- describe the Cloud Standards Customer Council recommendations for cloud security
- list common protocols and standards in use in cloud computing
- list common cloud application programming interfaces
- list web standards relevant to cloud computing
- describe open source and how it pertains to the cloud
- describe open source cloud software for n-tier applications
- describe OpenStack open source cloud software
- describe the characteristic of mobile devices connecting to cloud services
- given a scenario, describe best practice for working with cloud storage in terms of governance and standards
Overview/Description
Standardization brings more confidence to the public and helps accelerate the acceptance of new technologies. Explore standards and protocols associated with cloud computing, including the use of open-source software.
Target
Prerequisites: none
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Security
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Security
- start the course
- describe the objectives of information security and how they relate to the cloud
- describe the challenges associated with cloud security
- describe the three models for public cloud security responsibilities
- describe relevant ISO standards for information security
- describe the Security as a Service model
- describe the security risk areas for cloud computing
- describe how to assess security offerings for cloud services
- describe the challenges associated with security in a Software as a Service or SaaS offering
- describe the best practices for securing a Software-as-a-Service or SaaS offering
- describe secure software development practices
- describe the Jericho Forum Cloud Cube Model for defining cloud characteristics
- describe the considerations for infrastructure security in cloud computing
- describe the host-level security considerations in cloud computing
- describe considerations for security virtualization hosts in a cloud environment
- describe application-level security in cloud computing
- describe the measures to secure data at rest and data in transit
- describe how to perform risk assessment in a cloud environment
- describe the service-level agreements for cloud security
- describe the measures to secure data and connection in a cloud environment
Overview/Description
IT security is a concern for most modern organizations and moving to the cloud heightens those concerns for most. The security implications are potentially magnified by large tranches of data existing outside the immediate control of the organization. Although some of the fears with regard to security in the cloud are exaggerated, there are specific areas to be aware of and cautious about. This course explores some of the key risk areas when it comes to security and cloud computing. It also introduces control assessment frameworks and models that can be used in assessing your risk in going to the cloud and evaluating the cloud provider's security offering. It goes on to outline basic guidelines that you should follow to ensure an adequate level of security in an XaaS environment, including key areas of the IT infrastructure and issues relating to data transfer and storage.
IT security is a concern for most modern organizations and moving to the cloud heightens those concerns for most. The security implications are potentially magnified by large tranches of data existing outside the immediate control of the organization. Although some of the fears with regard to security in the cloud are exaggerated, there are specific areas to be aware of and cautious about. This course explores some of the key risk areas when it comes to security and cloud computing. It also introduces control assessment frameworks and models that can be used in assessing your risk in going to the cloud and evaluating the cloud provider's security offering. It goes on to outline basic guidelines that you should follow to ensure an adequate level of security in an XaaS environment, including key areas of the IT infrastructure and issues relating to data transfer and storage.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Virtualization & Data Centers
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Cloud Virtualization & Data Centers
- describe the key terms associated with virtualization
- describe the processes and components of hardware virtualization
- describe Type I and Type II virtualization hypervisors
- describe virtual desktop infrastructure and application virtualization as components of desktop virtualization
- describe network functions virtualization
- describe storage types and storage virtualization technologies
- describe how virtualization enables key characteristics of cloud computing
- describe Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and Citrix XenServer
- Describe Oracle and IBM server virtualization products
- describe the components of a modern data center
- describe the functions provided by a modern data center
- describe how data centers relate to and enable cloud computing
- describe business trends in cloud computing
- describe technical trends in cloud computing
- describe how cloud data centers are designed to support applications
- describe the functional components of a cloud data center including storage, networking, computing, management, and services
- describe the functions of the cloud data center and how they utilize virtualization technologies
Overview/Description
Modern data center design is highly influenced by requirements of the Cloud to provide a secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure. Explore technologies, including virtualization, that allow clouds to be a competitive option.
Target
Prerequisites: none
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Identity, Presence, and Privacy
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Identity, Presence, and Privacy
- start the course
- describe the basic concepts of identity and access management
- list reasons for using identity federation
- describe the operational areas of identity and access management
- describe how cloud service providers can provide identity and access management
- describe the concepts associated with identity federation
- describe the considerations for implementing identity federation in cloud services
- describe the standards for identity federation
- describe access control systems with single sign-on
- list the benefits and risks of single sign-on
- describe the identity as a service authentication infrastructure
- describe the challenges in implementing Identity as a Service
- describe methods for integrating Identity as a Service with other service models
- list the pros and cons of the Identity as a Service provider
- describe presence information and how it is used in cloud systems
- describe the components of a presence system
- describe the processes and tools associated with a presence system
- describe the security considerations for presence systems
- describe the privacy concerns for cloud systems
- describe the privacy policies and how they are implemented in cloud systems
- describe the data life cycle in the context of cloud computing
- describe the data security challenges in cloud computing
- map the cloud security measures to the data life cycle stage to which they apply
- describe the methods of controlling access to data stored on the cloud
Overview/Description
As we move toward more applications being delivered via the cloud and businesses using a cloud computing model, we also need to consider the implications for the management of identity. This course ensures you are familiar with identity and access management or IAM and the common industry protocols used to extend identity to the cloud. This course covers the concept of federation between different cryptographic services providers or CSPs and businesses, the need for proper identity and access control management, and it also explores the use of a Cloud Identity as a Service or IDaaS offering. The course also discusses the importance of understanding the presence and privacy factors when conducting business in the cloud and how it is crucial to understand the CSP's responsibility to not only provide security but also a proper level of privacy.
As we move toward more applications being delivered via the cloud and businesses using a cloud computing model, we also need to consider the implications for the management of identity. This course ensures you are familiar with identity and access management or IAM and the common industry protocols used to extend identity to the cloud. This course covers the concept of federation between different cryptographic services providers or CSPs and businesses, the need for proper identity and access control management, and it also explores the use of a Cloud Identity as a Service or IDaaS offering. The course also discusses the importance of understanding the presence and privacy factors when conducting business in the cloud and how it is crucial to understand the CSP's responsibility to not only provide security but also a proper level of privacy.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Migrating to the Cloud
- describe service oriented architecture
- list the benefits of SOA compared to traditional IT solutions
- describe the link between SOA and cloud computing
- describe common application architectures and how they relate to SOA and the cloud
- contrast grid computing and cloud computing
- plan deployment of services to the cloud
- describe the function of a service directory in deploying cloud services
- describe the process of migrating IT services and business processes to the cloud
- contrast loosely and tightly coupled processes when considering a cloud migration
- describe technical factors affecting a migration to the cloud
- describe business factors affecting a migration to the cloud
- assess cloud platforms for a migration to the cloud
- describe potential privacy, regulatory, and security issues with public clouds
- describe strategies to mitigate potential privacy, regulatory, and security issues with public clouds
- describe how private and hybrid clouds can mitigate potential privacy, regulatory, and security issues with public clouds
- assess a service for migration to public or private clouds, and determine which cloud type to select
Overview/Description
Migrating services to the Cloud has a number of unique challenges. Explore principles of a service-oriented architecture (SOA), and discover how to plan migrating your business solutions to the Cloud.
Target
Prerequisites: none
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Overview
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Overview
- start the course
- describe the development of computing from mainframes to the cloud
- list the key technologies that enable cloud computing
- define cloud computing according to relevant standards
- define the core attributes of a cloud computing service
- list the three main cloud service models
- recognize STaaS, CaaS, BPaaS, and other cloud service models
- evaluate security issues in cloud services against traditional IT
- evaluate cloud services in a number of areas including levels of control and interoperability
- describe the function of service-level agreements in cloud services
- describe use cases for the cloud from the perspective of users and different types of business
- describe compliance and regulatory issues as they pertain to the cloud
- describe the barriers to cloud adoption and changing attitudes to cloud
- describe how cloud services can be stacked to form complete solutions
- describe the Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS cloud service model
- describe the Platform as a Service or PaaS cloud service model
- describe the Software as a Service or SaaS cloud service model
- describe the cost of cloud computing compared to traditional IT in terms of Capital Expense or CAPEX and Operational Expense or OPEX
- describe the four main cloud deployment models
- describe costing considerations for different cloud deployment models
- assess an application's suitability to move to the cloud
- determine the suitability for given IT services to be moved to the cloud
Overview/Description
Cloud computing is massively growing in importance in the IT sector as more and more companies are eschewing traditional IT and moving applications and business processes to the cloud. This course provides IT professionals with a working definition of cloud computing, explores the technological precursors of today's cloud, as well as the current technologies the cloud is dependent on. Also covered are the benefits and drawbacks of cloud computing for the IT department and business as a whole. It then explores in more detail the different types of services that have become available in the cloud with examples of key pioneers in those areas.
Cloud computing is massively growing in importance in the IT sector as more and more companies are eschewing traditional IT and moving applications and business processes to the cloud. This course provides IT professionals with a working definition of cloud computing, explores the technological precursors of today's cloud, as well as the current technologies the cloud is dependent on. Also covered are the benefits and drawbacks of cloud computing for the IT department and business as a whole. It then explores in more detail the different types of services that have become available in the cloud with examples of key pioneers in those areas.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing & Managing Cloud Data
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing & Managing Cloud Data
- Describe the Storage as a Service model as it relates to cloud computing
- list the advantages of the Storage as a Service model
- list the risks associated with Storage as a Service model
- list the main providers of STaaS and describe their offering
- describe the Cloud Security Alliance cloud governance domains as they pertain to data stored on cloud services
- describe cloud storage governance issues
- describe privacy concerns for personally identifiable information stored on public cloud services
- describe the function of data classification in cloud storage governance
- describe data security considerations in cloud storage systems
Overview/Description
Cloud-stored data is available from anywhere with Internet access. Examine enterprise resources in the Cloud and the use of cloud storage services, including applicable security regulations or restrictions.
Target
Prerequisites: none
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing and Managing Cloud Data
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Storing and Managing Cloud Data
- start the course
- describe the Storage as a Service model as it relates to cloud computing
- list the advantages of the Storage as a Service model
- list the risks associated with the Storage as a Service model
- list the main providers of Storage as a Service or STaaS and describe their offering
- describe the Cloud Security Alliance cloud governance domains as they pertain to data stored on cloud services
- describe cloud storage governance issues
- describe privacy concerns for personally identifiable information stored on public cloud services
- describe the function of data classification in cloud storage governance
- describe data security considerations in cloud storage systems
- describe emerging standards for cloud computing
- list the groups working on cloud computing standards
- list the common cloud security protocols
- describe the Cloud Standards Customer Council recommendations for cloud security
- list the common protocols and standards in use for cloud computing
- list the common cloud application programming interfaces
- list the web standards relevant to cloud computing
- describe open source and how it pertains to the cloud
- describe open source cloud software for n-tier applications
- describe OpenStack open source cloud software
- describe the characteristics of mobile devices connecting to cloud services
- describe the best practices for working with cloud storage in terms of governance and standards for a given scenario
Overview/Description
Cloud storage is of key interest to many consumers, as it has a number of advantages over traditional data storage. Cloud-stored data is available from any location that has Internet access. However, depending on the type of business and data, some organizations need to carefully evaluate if and what types of regulations and compliance standards may apply to their data. This course provides a closer look at enterprise resources in the cloud and the use of cloud storage services. It describes the importance of classifying your type of data, what type of security regulations or restrictions apply to it, and whether a cloud provider's offering aligns with those requirements. This course also takes a closer look at the protocols, standards, and mobile client access involved in accessing cloud resources. It explores the meaning of open source software and its role in provisioning and accessing cloud resources.
Cloud storage is of key interest to many consumers, as it has a number of advantages over traditional data storage. Cloud-stored data is available from any location that has Internet access. However, depending on the type of business and data, some organizations need to carefully evaluate if and what types of regulations and compliance standards may apply to their data. This course provides a closer look at enterprise resources in the cloud and the use of cloud storage services. It describes the importance of classifying your type of data, what type of security regulations or restrictions apply to it, and whether a cloud provider's offering aligns with those requirements. This course also takes a closer look at the protocols, standards, and mobile client access involved in accessing cloud resources. It explores the meaning of open source software and its role in provisioning and accessing cloud resources.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Virtualization and Data Centers
Lesson Objectives
Cloud Computing Fundamentals: Virtualization and Data Centers
- start the course
- describe the key terms associated with virtualization
- describe the processes and components of hardware virtualization
- describe Type I and Type II virtualization hypervisors
- describe virtual desktop infrastructure and application virtualization as components of desktop virtualization
- describe network functions virtualization
- describe storage types and storage virtualization technologies
- describe how virtualization enables key characteristics of cloud computing
- describe Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware vSphere, and Citrix XenServer
- describe Oracle and IBM server virtualization products
- describe the components of a modern data center
- describe the functions provided by a modern data center
- describe how data centers relate to and enable cloud computing
- describe the business trends in cloud computing
- describe the technical trends in cloud computing
- describe how cloud data centers are designed to support applications
- describe the functional components of a cloud data center including storage, networking, computing, management, and services
- describe the functions of the cloud data center and how they utilize virtualization technologies
Overview/Description
While the cloud is not necessarily dependent on virtualization, it's widely accepted that any competitive cloud will utilize it. Infrastructural and network connectivity considerations of the modern data center are greatly influenced by the requirements of the cloud. Data center infrastructure and components must be designed to address security, scalability, disaster recovery, and redundant high-speed connectivity needed to provide a successful cloud service. This course takes a closer look at the main enabling technologies, including data centers and virtualization that allow clouds to function.
While the cloud is not necessarily dependent on virtualization, it's widely accepted that any competitive cloud will utilize it. Infrastructural and network connectivity considerations of the modern data center are greatly influenced by the requirements of the cloud. Data center infrastructure and components must be designed to address security, scalability, disaster recovery, and redundant high-speed connectivity needed to provide a successful cloud service. This course takes a closer look at the main enabling technologies, including data centers and virtualization that allow clouds to function.
Target Audience
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
IT professionals including managers, engineers, and technical staff evaluating or implementing cloud computing applications and services
