Amazon Web Services Certification Introduction

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Amazon- Certified Solutions Architect - Cloud

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AWS Certifications designate individuals who demonstrate
knowledge, skills and proficiency with AWS services. The
AWS Certification program is built around the three primary
roles
 Solutions Architect
 SysOps Administrator
 Developer
These role-based certification credentials can be earned on
three proficiency levels
 Associate
 Professional and
 Master
This course and presentation covers "Solutions Architect" role at an associate level
certification.
AWS Certification Program Overview

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Associate Level demonstrates you have the ability to identify
and define requirements for an AWS-based application, as
well as follow best practices for building secure and reliable
applications on the AWS platform. The basic knowledge and
skills required to pass these exams are detailed below.
AWS Knowledge
 Hands-on experience using AWS computer, networking, storage and
database services
 Professional experience architecting large scale distributed systems
 Understanding of elasticity and scalability concepts
 Understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level

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AWS Knowledge
 A good understanding of all security features and tools that AWS
provides and how they relate to traditional services
 A strong understanding on how to interact with AWS services, including:
AWS SDKs, AWS APIs, Command Line Interface, and AWS Cloud
Formation
 Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level

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General IT Knowledge
 Excellent understanding of typical multi-tier architectures: web servers
(Apache, nginx, IIS), caching, application servers, and load balancers
 Knowledge of message queuing and Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
 Network experience with route tables, access control
lists, firewalls, NAT, HTTP, DNS, IP, and OSI
An individual taking the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam
can:
 Identify and gather requirements in order to define a solution to be built
using architecture best practices
 Be capable of providing guidance on architectural best practices to
developers and system administrators throughout the lifecycle of the
project
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Level

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Expectations
 The table below lists the domains measured by this
examination and the extent to which they are represented.

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Domain 1.0: Designing highly available, cost efficient, fault
tolerant, scalable systems
 1.1 Identify and recognize cloud architecture
considerations, such as fundamental components and
effective designs
Content may include the following:
 How to design cloud services
 Planning and design
 Monitoring
Familiarity with:
 Best practices
 Developing to Client Specifications including pricing/cost (i.e. on
Demand vs. Reserved vs. Spot, RTO & RPO DR Design)
 Architectural trade-off decisions (high availability VS cost, RDS VS
installing your own DB on EC2)
 Integrating with existing development environments and building
scalable architecture
 Elasticity and scalability

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Domain 2.0: Implementation/Deployment
2.1 Identify the appropriate techniques and methods using
Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Elastic Beanstalk, Cloud
Formation, VPC and IAM to code and implement a cloud
solution
Content may include the following:
 Configure an AMI (Amazon Machine Image)
 Operate and extend service management in the private cloud
 Configure compliance in the private & public cloud
 Launching instances in a variety of geographical regions

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Domain 3.0: Data Security
3.1 Recognize and implement secure procedures for optimum cloud
deployment & maintenance
Cloud Security Best Practices
 How to build and use a threat model
 How to build and use a data flow diagram for risk management
 Use cases, Abuse Cases (Negative use cases)
Security Architecture with AWS
 Shared Security Responsibility Model
 AWS Platform Compliance
 AWS security attributes (customer workloads down to physical layer)
 Security Services
 IAM, VPC , CIA & AAA models, ingress vs. egress filtering; and which
AWS services and features fit
 “Core” EC2 and S3 security feature sets
 Incorporating common conventional security products (Firewall,
IDS:HIDS/NIDS, SIEM, VPN)
 Design Patterns , DDOS mitigation , Encryption solutions
 Complex access controls (building sophisticated security groups, ACLs,
etc.), CloudWatch for the security architecture

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Domain 3.0: Data Security
3.2 Recognize critical disaster recovery techniques & their
implementation.
 Disaster Recovery
 Recovery time objective
 Recovery point objective
 Amazon Elastic Block Store
 AWS Import/Export
 AWS Storage Gateway
 Amazon Route53
 Testing the recovered data
Domain 4.0: Troubleshooting
 General troubleshooting information and questions

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Exam: Other Details
 An objective exam with multiple choice questions
 The exam is conducted by “Kryterion”
 Exam time: 80 Mins
 The exam is 55 multiple choice questions with a minimum passing score
of 65%.
 Exam Retake:
You must wait 30 days from the day you fail to take the exam again.
You can take the exam up to three times in one year from the date of your first attempt.
You must pay the full exam fee each time you retake the exam.

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