AWS Cloud Practitioner - Foundation-level cloud literacy and business acumen || Grid Secure AI Cloud Consulting

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AWS Cloud Practitioner - Foundation-level cloud literacy and business acumen

Course Description

Who Should Take This Course?

Ideal for IT professionals new to cloud computing, fresh graduates, IT administrators transitioning to cloud, business professionals, project managers, sales/marketing teams in tech, and career changers. No prior AWS experience required.

Module 1: Cloud Computing Basics

1.1 What is Cloud Computing?

On-demand IT resources, pay-as-you-go, internet-based, no upfront investment
Service Models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS
Deployment Models: Public, Private, Hybrid, Multi-cloud

1.2 Benefits of Cloud Computing

Cost efficiency, operational agility, scalability, global reach

1.3 AWS Global Infrastructure

Regions, Availability Zones, high availability, CloudFront

Module 2: AWS Security and Compliance

2.1 Shared Responsibility Model

AWS vs customer responsibilities

2.2 Identity and Access Management (IAM) & Security Best Practices

Users, Groups, Roles, Policies, MFA, least privilege, access reviews, monitoring

2.3 AWS Security Services

KMS, CloudTrail, Config, Trusted Advisor, Security Hub

Module 3: Core AWS Services

3.1 Compute Services: EC2, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Fargate
3.2 Storage Services: S3, EBS, EFS
3.3 Database Services: RDS, Multi-AZ, Read Replicas
3.4 Networking Services: VPC, subnets, security groups, NAT/Internet gateways, CloudFront

Module 4: AWS Pricing and Support

4.1 Pricing Models: Pay-as-you-go, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, Spot Instances, Right-sizing
4.2 Cost Management Tools: Cost Explorer, Budgets, Cost & Usage Reports, Billing Alerts
4.3 Support Plans: Basic, Developer, Business, Enterprise, Enterprise On-Ramp