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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

By : Rajesh Daswani
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Book Image

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide

3 (1)
By: Rajesh Daswani

Overview of this book

Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud computing service provider in the world. Its foundational certification, AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01), is the first step to fast-tracking your career in cloud computing. This certification will add value even to those in non-IT roles, including professionals from sales, legal, and finance who may be working with cloud computing or AWS projects. If you are a seasoned IT professional, this certification will make it easier for you to prepare for more technical certifications to progress up the AWS ladder and improve your career prospects. The book is divided into four parts. The first part focuses on the fundamentals of cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure. The second part examines key AWS technology services, including compute, network, storage, and database services. The third part covers AWS security, the shared responsibility model, and several security tools. In the final part, you'll study the fundamentals of cloud economics and AWS pricing models and billing practices. Complete with exercises that highlight best practices for designing solutions, detailed use cases for each of the AWS services, quizzes, and two complete practice tests, this CLF-C01 exam study guide will help you gain the knowledge and hands-on experience necessary to ace the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Section 1: Cloud Concepts
5
Section 2: AWS Technologies
16
Section 3: AWS Security
18
Section 4: Billing and Pricing
20
Chapter 16: Mock Tests

Introduction to the AWS compliance programs and AWS Artifact

Depending on the nature of your business and the applications you plan to host on AWS, you need to ensure that you meet any compliance or regulatory requirements. For example, if you plan to process and store credit card information, you must ensure that your application meets the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). This allows you to store, process, or transmit cardholder data (CHD) or sensitive authentication data (SAD).

Similarly, if you are in the health care industry and based in the US, you are subject to the US Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. This means that in addition to various business processes, any applications that are hosted on AWS must also be aligned with HIPAA compliance with regards to how personal health information (PHI) is processed and maintained.

In this example, AWS needs to ensure that its services are aligned with HIPAA compliance if...