Cloud Computing Basics

NIST cloud definitions, shared responsibility, global multi-AZ topology, virtual compute, block and object storage, VPC networking, and IAM security.

1Cloud Fundamentals & Core Service Models

NIST essential characteristics, shared responsibility models, global multi-AZ architecture, and high-availability SLA calculations.

Cloud Fundamentals & Core Service Models

Analyze NIST cloud criteria, shared responsibility boundaries, physical region/AZ topology, and multi-AZ composite availability mathematics.

Cloud Fundamentals & Core Service Models

Examine the NIST cloud taxonomy, evaluate the shared responsibility model across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, explore hyper-scale regions and AZs, and calculate composite availability math.

2Virtual Compute & Storage Infrastructure

vCPU allocation, NUMA node topology, Block vs Object vs File storage, and EBS burst token bucket mechanics.

Virtual Compute & Storage Infrastructure

Examine hypervisor vCPU mapping, NUMA caching, Reed-Solomon object erasure coding, and leaky token bucket disk burst algorithms.

Virtual Compute & Storage Infrastructure

Analyze virtual compute instance mapping, compare Block vs Object vs File storage architectures, and simulate the EBS leaky token bucket IOPS burst engine.

3Cloud Networking & Virtual Private Clouds

Software-Defined Networking, VPC CIDR subnets, routing tables, NAT gateways, stateful security groups, and transit gateways.

Cloud Networking & Virtual Private Clouds

Explore software-defined VPC topology, RFC 1918 CIDR subnet slicing, stateful security groups vs stateless NACLs, and transit gateway routing.

Cloud Networking & Virtual Private Clouds

Master software-defined VPC architecture, RFC 1918 CIDR subnet allocation, the 5 reserved cloud IPs, and stateful vs stateless traffic filtering.

4Cloud Security, IAM & Infrastructure Scaling

IAM authorization evaluation logic, Least Privilege, horizontal auto-scaling, load balancing, and FinOps spot instances.

Cloud Security, IAM & Infrastructure Scaling

Master IAM decision logic, horizontal autoscaling cooldown loops, Layer 4 vs Layer 7 load balancing, and FinOps cost optimization.

Cloud Security, IAM & Infrastructure Scaling

Implement deterministic IAM policy evaluation trees, configure horizontal auto-scaling feedback loops, compare Layer 4 vs 7 load balancers, and optimize FinOps spot compute.