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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

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8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

8 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

Build your subject-matter expertise

This course is part of the ISC2 Essentials of Cloud Certificate Specialization
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.
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There are 7 modules in this course

Cloud computing continues to transform the way we conduct business. As organizations are rethinking IT strategies, cybersecurity professionals need to first understand the cloud before they can help their organizations transition to the cloud. Through self-paced learning and activities, security professionals experience content designed to provide a solid understanding of cloud computing including key drivers and rationale for the cloud, cloud architecture and computing concepts and characteristics, cloud service and deployment models, and cloud brokers. 

By the end of this course, a learner will be able to: - Understand concepts around cloud computing and why organizations use the cloud.  - Explore the five essential characteristics of cloud computing.  - Examine essential service and deployment models within cloud concept architecture.  - Learn about cloud brokers and why they are an important part of cloud deployments.  Target Learners: Early to mid-career security professionals who want to gain and demonstrate an understanding of essential cloud concepts and principles.

Cloud computing continues to transform the way business is conducted. As organizations rethink IT strategies, cybersecurity professionals must first understand the cloud before they can help their organizations transition to the cloud. In Cloud Basics, we provide a solid understanding of cloud computing, including key drivers and rationale for the cloud, cloud architecture and computing concepts and characteristics, cloud service and deployment models, and cloud brokers. In this course, you will learn how to: 1. Define the concepts around cloud computing and why organizations use the cloud. 2. Categorize the essential characteristics of cloud computing. 3. Recognize essential service and deployment models within cloud concept architecture. 4. Understand why cloud brokers are an important part of cloud deployments.

What's included

1 video3 readings

1 video•Total 1 minute
  • Cloud Basics•1 minute
3 readings•Total 4 minutes
  • ISC2 Code of Ethics•1 minute
  • About the Authors•2 minutes
  • Course Features•1 minute

This module focuses on the foundational concepts of cloud computing, key structural aspects, and the accelerating pace of adoption. It sets the stage for understanding the essential elements that drive cloud technology and its rapid integration into various industries.

What's included

4 videos14 readings5 assignments

4 videos•Total 11 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Computing Defined•3 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: History of Cloud Computing•3 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Rationale and Key Drivers•2 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Economic Model•3 minutes
14 readings•Total 79 minutes
  • Cloud Computing Defined•2 minutes
  • Leveraging Cloud Computing•5 minutes
  • Cloud Computing Terms Defined•8 minutes
  • Cloud Computing Roles•2 minutes
  • History of Cloud Computing•10 minutes
  • Rationale and Key Drivers for the Cloud•2 minutes
  • Business Agility•8 minutes
  • Key Drivers of Cloud Computing•8 minutes
  • Cloud Economic Model•10 minutes
  • IT Governance•6 minutes
  • Economic Impact of the IT Service Delivery Model•10 minutes
  • The Capacity Conundrum•4 minutes
  • Cloud Computing Return on Investment•2 minutes
  • Acquisition and Governance Changes•2 minutes
5 assignments•Total 16 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Computing Terms Defined•4 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Computing Roles•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Business Agility•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Key Drivers of Cloud Computing•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Economic Model•6 minutes

Using the NIST model, this module examines the five essential characteristics, three service models, and four deployment models of cloud concept architecture.

What's included

4 videos9 readings4 assignments

4 videos•Total 11 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Concept Architecture•3 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Key Cloud Computing Characteristics•4 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Best Foot Forward•1 minute
  • Scenario Analysis: Best Foot Forward•2 minutes
9 readings•Total 24 minutes
  • Key Cloud Characteristics•4 minutes
  • Cloud Service Models•4 minutes
  • Cloud Deployment Models•2 minutes
  • Different Types of Clouds•4 minutes
  • Key Cloud Computing Characteristics•2 minutes
  • Resource Pooling•2 minutes
  • Rapid Elasticity•2 minutes
  • Measured Service•2 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Best Foot Forward•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 16 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Key Cloud Characteristics•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Service Models•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Different Types of Clouds•2 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Best Foot Forward•10 minutes

Using the NIST model, this module examines the three service models and four deployment models of cloud concept architecture.

What's included

3 videos10 readings3 assignments

3 videos•Total 12 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Service Models•6 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Deployment Models•4 minutes
  • Scenario Analysis: Off and Running•3 minutes
10 readings•Total 44 minutes
  • Cloud Service Models•6 minutes
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)•4 minutes
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)•4 minutes
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)•2 minutes
  • Comparing Cloud Service Models•10 minutes
  • Cloud Deployment Models•2 minutes
  • Public Cloud•4 minutes
  • Private Cloud•4 minutes
  • Hybrid Cloud•6 minutes
  • Community Cloud•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 26 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Service Models•6 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Deployment Models•8 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Off and Running•12 minutes

Cloud resource allocation is an important topic that deals with the process of managing computing resources, such as storage or memory, among cloud tenants (e.g., users, applications, virtual infrastructure). The previous module covered cloud models. The concept of cloud models in conjunction with resource architectures inform requirements for resource allocations. This topic will cover basic hardware resources, cloud resource usage, virtualization, and containerization to enhance your understanding of the resource allocation within cloud deployments.

What's included

1 video6 readings3 assignments

1 video•Total 5 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Resources•5 minutes
6 readings•Total 40 minutes
  • Computer Resource Concepts•8 minutes
  • Examining Traditional Computing•8 minutes
  • IaaS vs. SaaS Resource Allocation•6 minutes
  • Virtualization•8 minutes
  • Containerization•8 minutes
  • Learning Activity: Virtualization and Containerization•2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 12 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Computer Resource Concepts•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: IaaS vs. SaaS Resource Allocation•2 minutes
  • Learning Activity: Virtualization and Containerization•8 minutes

This module presents the changing definition of cloud brokers and examines why they are an important part of cloud deployments.

What's included

4 videos6 readings4 assignments

4 videos•Total 8 minutes
  • Instructor Insight: Cloud Brokers•2 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Keep Pushing•1 minute
  • Scenario Analysis: Keep Pushing•2 minutes
  • Course Summary•3 minutes
6 readings•Total 15 minutes
  • Cloud Broker Defined•6 minutes
  • Cloud Broker Capabilities•2 minutes
  • Service Catalog•2 minutes
  • Supporting Application Building•2 minutes
  • Cloud Brokers and Security•1 minute
  • Key Takeaways•2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 126 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Cloud Broker Capabilities•2 minutes
  • Check Your Understanding: Supporting Application Building•2 minutes
  • Applied Scenario: Keep Pushing•8 minutes
  • Final Assessment•114 minutes

For further exploration of the topics covered in this course, we recommend reviewing the course references provided and additional reading materials. These resources offer deeper insights and supplemental information to enhance your understanding. You will also find external links to industry standards, frameworks, and tools relevant to the course topics. We encourage you to explore these resources to broaden your knowledge and support your learning journey.

What's included

1 reading

1 reading•Total 3 minutes
  • Reading and Resources•3 minutes

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