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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 Crash Course

Published by Pearson

Beginner content levelBeginner

Helping you prepare for exam success on the new AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-CO2 certification

  • Expert preparation for the new AWS Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 exam
  • Learn about many popular and powerful services and technologies of AWS
  • Pass the exam as a gateway to the next level of AWS Associate certifications

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner validates foundational, high-level understanding of AWS Cloud, services, technology, and terminology. This is an excellent starting point on the AWS Certification journey for individuals with no prior IT or cloud experience switching to a cloud career or for line-of-business employees looking for foundational cloud literacy. This certification serves as an entry point to a cloud career for candidates from non-IT backgrounds switching to cloud.

Job listings requiring AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner have increased 84% (Oct 2021 - Sept 2022) per Lightcast™ October 2022. This certification is also ideal for line-of-business employees (sales, product management, project management, etc.) who want to gain cloud literacy and communicate more effectively with technical teams and customers.  

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

By the end of this live online course, you’ll understand:

  • The core foundational services including compute, network, database, and storage services and more
  • The value of the AWS Cloud
  • The AWS shared responsibility model
  • Security best practices
  • AWS Cloud costs, economics, and billing practices
  • How to position the core AWS services
  • AWS services for common use cases

And you'll be able to:

  • Pass the exam on the first attempt with a little extra individual preparation
  • Start using AWS though the management console right away
  • Building cloud computing competency to enhance job opportunities

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re an individual with no prior IT or cloud experience switching to a cloud career or for line-of-business employees looking for foundational cloud literacy.
  • You’re an individual looking for an entry point to a cloud career for candidates from non-IT backgrounds switching to cloud.
  • You’re an individual who wants to compare AWS to their existing cloud provider

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

  • No prior knowledge or experience is necessary

Recommended Preparation

Recommended Follow-up:

Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

DAY ONE

Segment 1: Define the benefits and design principles the AWS Cloud (50 minutes)

  • Understanding the economies of scale (for example, cost savings)
  • Understanding the benefits of global infrastructure (for example, speed of deployment, global reach)
  • Understanding the advantages of high availability, elasticity, and agility
  • AWS Well-Architected Framework

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 2: Migration and Cloud Economics (50 minutes)

  • Cloud adoption strategies
  • Resources to support the cloud migration journey
  • Aspects of cloud economics
  • Cost savings of moving to the cloud

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 3: AWS Cloud Security, Governance, and Compliance Concepts (50 minutes)

  • AWS shared responsibility model
  • AWS compliance and governance concepts
  • Benefits of cloud security (for example, encryption)
  • Where to capture and locate logs that are associated with cloud security

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 4: Access Management and Security Resources (60 minutes)

  • Identity and access management (for example, AWS Identity and Access Management [IAM])
  • Importance of protecting the AWS root user account
  • Principle of least privilege
  • AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On)
  • Security capabilities that AWS provides
  • Security-related documentation that AWS provides

DAY TWO

Segment 1: Operating in the AWS Global Infrastructure (50 minutes)

  • Different ways of provisioning and operating in the AWS Cloud
  • Different ways to access AWS services
  • Types of cloud deployment models
  • Connectivity options
  • AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations
  • High availability
  • Use of multiple Regions
  • Benefits of edge locations
  • AWS Wavelength Zones and AWS Local Zones

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 2: Network and Compute Services (50 minutes)

  • Identifying the components of a VPC
  • Edge services and network connectivity
  • EC2 instance types
  • Container Options
  • Serverless compute options
  • Recognizing that auto scaling provides elasticity
  • Identifying the purposes of load balancers

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 3: Database, Storage, and AI/ML Services (50 minutes)

  • AWS database services
  • Database migration
  • AWS storage services
  • AWS AI/ML services
  • AWS analytics services
  • Other in-scope AWS service categories

Break (10 minutes)

Segment 4: AWS Billing, Pricing, and Support (50 minutes)

  • Compare AWS pricing models
  • Resources for billing, budget, and cost management
  • AWS technical resources and AWS Support options

Q&A (10 minutes)

 

Your Instructor

  • Michael J. Shannon

    Michael J Shannon began his IT career when he transitioned from recording studio engineer to network technician for a major telecommunications company in the early 1990’s. He soon began to focus on security and was one of the first 10 people to attain the HIPAA Certified Security Specialist. Throughout his 30 years in IT he has worked as an employee, contractor, and consultant for several companies including Platinum Technologies, Fujitsu, IBM, State Farm, MindSharp, Thomson, Pearson, and Skillsoft among others. Mr. Shannon has authored several books, training manuals, blog articles, and CBT modules over the years as well. He has attained the CISSP, ITIL 4 Managing Professional, CCNP Security, Palo Alto PCNSE7 and OpenFAIR certifications in the security field as well as several cloud-based certifications for AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. His hobbies are playing guitar, songwriting, and golf. He resides with his wife in Abilene Texas.