AWS Cloud Practitioner

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner course offers a necessary starting point for professionals aspiring to start a career in the cloud or gaining insight into the Amazon Web Services (AWS) business value. The emphasis of the curriculum for learning purposes is the simplification of the complexities around the AWS Cloud by gaining a solid grasp of the underlying core concepts, economics, and global infrastructure. The participants would feel emboldened to speak of the top AWS services and popular use cases, understand topics involving cloud security and compliance, and understand the AWS pricing models and account structures. The completion of the curriculum does not only prequalify the professionals for the test for the certification but, more importantly, imparts the cloud savviness required for the professionals to engage actively in the debates involving the usage of the cloud, cost optimality, and innovation for their own enterprises.

The curriculum is carefully crafted to align with the official AWS test guide, thus ensuring comprehensive coverage of all the required domains. At the beginning, students will explore the core concepts of cloud computing, including the many deployment models (Public, Private, Hybrid) and the many service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). This base information is further supplemented by a detailed study of the AWS Global Infrastructure, including Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations. Afterwards, the programme examines the core AWS services, wherein students study the usage and purpose of the basic offerings of computing (Amazon EC2), storage (Amazon S3), databases (Amazon RDS), and networking (Amazon VPC). A significant chunk of the curriculum includes the critical pillars of cloud computing: security and costs. Students will learn about the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, the Identity and Access Management (IAM), and the core security services. At the same time, students learn the basics of the AWS pricing model, including the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) model, as well as get familiar with the key billing and account management tools like the AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Free Tier. By this carefully structured study of topics, students gain a thorough and practicable understanding of the workings of the AWS Cloud, thus providing a strong base for further specializations in the technology or for the use of the cloud solutions as part of their profession.