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The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By : Dr. Logan Song
Book Image

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer

By: Dr. Logan Song

Overview of this book

The Self-Taught Cloud Computing Engineer is a comprehensive guide to mastering cloud computing concepts by building a broad and deep cloud knowledge base, developing hands-on cloud skills, and achieving professional cloud certifications. Even if you’re a beginner with a basic understanding of computer hardware and software, this book serves as the means to transition into a cloud computing career. Starting with the Amazon cloud, you’ll explore the fundamental AWS cloud services, then progress to advanced AWS cloud services in the domains of data, machine learning, and security. Next, you’ll build proficiency in Microsoft Azure Cloud and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) by examining the common attributes of the three clouds while distinguishing their unique features. You’ll further enhance your skills through practical experience on these platforms with real-life cloud project implementations. Finally, you’ll find expert guidance on cloud certifications and career development. By the end of this cloud computing book, you’ll have become a cloud-savvy professional well-versed in AWS, Azure, and GCP, ready to pursue cloud certifications to validate your skills.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Learning about the Amazon Cloud
9
Part 2:Comprehending GCP Cloud Services
14
Part 3:Mastering Azure Cloud Services
19
Part 4:Developing a Successful Cloud Career

Case study – an AWS threat detection and incident handling ecosystem

After the introduction of Amazon logging and monitoring services in the last section, we will conduct a case study on an actual security incident and details on how it was handled, by introducing an automatic threat detection and remediation system that the author developed for an AWS customer.

CloudSpace is an Amazon enterprise customer that functions as a reseller of AWS services to end customers, with over 4,000 AWS accounts in total. During 2017-2018, CloudSpace experienced three cases of account compromise. Three accounts were compromised in the first attack in November 2017, and four more in the second attack in March 2018. The third incident occurred in August 2018, when another five accounts were compromised. These incidents led to about $200,000 in losses. Investigations thereafter revealed that no threat-detection services were enabled and the Amazon fraud detection team’s customer notifications...