CIS 760 - Cloud Foundations

Credit(s) 3.00
Lecture Hours: 2.00
Lab Hours: 2.00
This course provides an introduction to cloud computing platforms. Students will learn how cloud platforms are configured as well as the basic infrastructure. Cloud services, pricing, and support will be covered.

Prerequisite(s): NET 303
SLOs:
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Define the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud.
Explain the AWS pricing philosophy.
Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS.
Describe the security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud, including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Create a virtual private cloud (VPC) by using Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
Differentiate between Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS), and Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier (Amazon S3 Glacier).
Demonstrate when to use AWS database services, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora.
Explain the architectural principles of the AWS Cloud.
Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing, Amazon CloudWatch, and Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling.