CSTC 240 - Cloud Essentials

3 Credit: (2 lecture, 1 lab, 0 clinical) 3 Contact Hours:

This course will give students the knowledge and skills required to make clear and conscious decisions about cloud technologies and their business impact by evaluating business use cases, financial impacts, cloud technologies and deployment models. Students will be prepared to take the CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ certification exam.
Semesters Offered: spring semesters

Course Goals/ Objectives/ Competencies:
Goal 1: Examine foundational cloud concepts.

Explain cloud networking concepts and storage techniques.
Discuss aspects of cloud design.

Goal 2: Apply business principles of cloud environments.

Describe appropriate cloud assessments.
Summarize key business aspects of cloud vendor relation adoption and cloud migration approaches.

Goal 3: Explore data management and technical operations.

Demonstrate data management techniques.
Explain the role of DevOps in cloud environments.

Goal 4: Investigate governance, risk, compliance, and security for the cloud.

Explain risk management and response concepts related to cloud services.
Discuss the importance and impacts of compliance in the cloud.