CompTIA Cloud+

Customers interested in learning about analyzing, monitoring or protecting cloud resources and who are working with the cloud

• About planning and deployment of a successful cloud system, how to view cloud deployment models and their network interactions, and how to evaluate computer resources required for successful cloud implementation
• How to test an environment before cloud deployment and how to migrate and integrate cloud services
• About security controls and about cryptography and its uses
• About data security and how to use security automation tools and techniques
• About cloud updates and patching, about cloud backup, and how to schedule and perform cloud maintenance
• About disaster planning and recovery
• About cloud resource provisioning and how to run performance analyses
• How to allocate compute resources and monitor resource usage
• About the troubleshooting process, about deployment and capacity troubleshooting, and how to troubleshoot automation issues
• How to troubleshoot network issues and about security troubleshooting

Introduction

Course setup

Chapter 1: Virtualization requirements

• Module A: Requirements and planning for successful system deployment
• Module B: Virtual network considerations
• Module C: Computer resources

Chapter 2: Deployment and migration

• Module A: Environment testing techniques
• Module B: Cloud integration and migration

Chapter 3: Security policies and compliance

• Module A: Security controls
• Module B: Cryptography and the cloud
• Module C: Applying cryptography

Chapter 4: Data and environment security

• Module A: Data security
• Module B: Security automation

Chapter 5: Environment maintenance

• Module A: Cloud updates and patching
• Module B: Cloud backup
• Module C: Cloud environment maintenance

Chapter 6: Disaster recovery and business continuity

• Module A: Business continuity

Chapter 7: Managing virtual environments

• Module A: Cloud resource provisioning
• Module B: Performance analysis

Chapter 8: Managing compute resources

• Module A: Allocating compute resources
• Module B: Monitoring resource usage

Chapter 9: Deployment troubleshooting

• Module A: The troubleshooting process
• Module B: Deployment and capacity troubleshooting
• Module C: Automation troubleshooting

Chapter 10: Infrastructure troubleshooting

• Module A: Network troubleshooting
• Module B: Security troubleshooting

Lab Topics Include:

• Creating VMs and virtual networks
• Demonstrating network isolation
• Migrating VMs from a cloud provider
• Enabling authentication and authorization controls
• Encrypting virtual disks and storage containers
• Configuring backup and recovery options
• Setting up redundancy and high availability options
• Creating and configuring web applications

This course assumes that students have some applied knowledge of computers, networks, and cybersecurity principles. Knowledge equivalent to the CompTIA Security+ certification is helpful but not necessary.