CompTIA Cloud+
Course number: CGICPlus
Learn how to protect cloud resources in a vendor-neutral environment. The CompTIA Cloud+ course provides the basic knowledge and skills needed to analyze, select, monitor, and protect cloud resources in a vendor-neutral format. This includes vulnerability management, network reconnaissance and monitoring, connecting networks to clouds, cloud migration, secure policies and procedures, host and network security, identity management systems, and incident response. This course maps to the CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004 certification exam. Objective coverage is marked throughout the course.
Course Objectives
You will learn:
- 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
Prerequisites
- 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.
Target Audience
Anyone who is interested in learning about analyzing, monitoring, or protecting cloud resources, and who is working with the cloud
Certification
CompTIA Cloud+
Exam
CompTIA® Cloud+ CV0-004 Exam
Accreditation
Post class completion, students can appear for the CompTIA® Cloud+ CV0-004 exam.
Course Content
- Topic A: Requirements and Planning for Successful System Deployment
- Topic B: Virtual Network Considerations
- Topic C: Computer Resources
- Topic A: Environment Testing Techniques
- Topic B: Cloud Integration and Migration
- Topic A: Security Controls
- Topic B: Cryptography and the Cloud
- Topic C: Applying Cryptography
- Topic A: Data Security
- Topic B: Security Automation
- Topic A: Cloud Updates and Patching
- Topic B: Cloud Backup
- Topic C: Cloud Environment Maintenance
- Topic A: Business Continuity
- Topic A: Cloud Resource Provisioning
- Topic B: Performance Analysis
- Topic A: Allocating Compute Resources
- Topic B: Monitoring Resource Usage
- Topic A: The Troubleshooting Process
- Topic B: Deployment and Capacity Troubleshooting
- Topic C: Automation Troubleshooting
- Topic A: Network Troubleshooting
- Topic B: Security Troubleshooting