Cloud Security


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Well-known security experts decipher the most challenging aspect of cloud computing-security Cloud computing allows for both large and small organizations to have the opportunity to use Internet-based services so that they can reduce start-up costs, lower capital expenditures, use services on a pay-as-you-use basis, access applications only as needed, and quickly reduce or increase capacities. However, these benefits are accompanied by a myriad of security issues, and this valuable book tackles the most common security challenges that cloud computing faces. The authors offer you years of unparalleled expertise and knowledge as they discuss the extremely challenging topics of data ownership, privacy protections, data mobility, quality of service and service levels, bandwidth costs, data protection, and support. As the most current and complete guide to helping you find your way through a maze of security minefields, this book is mandatory reading if you are involved in any aspect of cloud computing. Coverage Includes: Cloud Computing Fundamentals Cloud Computing Architecture Cloud Computing Software Security Fundamentals Cloud Computing Risks Issues Cloud Computing Security Challenges Cloud Computing Security Architecture Cloud Computing Life Cycle Issues Useful Next Steps and Approaches




AWS Certified Solutions Architect A Complete Guide - 2020 Edition


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Have you clearly defined the scope and the business case for the migration? Business agility: how does cloud computing and big data help? How do you test the digital preservation architecture? What has this got to do with the cloud? Does the service collect personal information from the user? Defining, designing, creating, and implementing a process to solve a challenge or meet an objective is the most valuable role... In EVERY group, company, organization and department. Unless you are talking a one-time, single-use project, there should be a process. Whether that process is managed and implemented by humans, AI, or a combination of the two, it needs to be designed by someone with a complex enough perspective to ask the right questions. Someone capable of asking the right questions and step back and say, 'What are we really trying to accomplish here? And is there a different way to look at it?' This Self-Assessment empowers people to do just that - whether their title is entrepreneur, manager, consultant, (Vice-)President, CxO etc... - they are the people who rule the future. They are the person who asks the right questions to make AWS Certified Solutions Architect investments work better. This AWS Certified Solutions Architect All-Inclusive Self-Assessment enables You to be that person. All the tools you need to an in-depth AWS Certified Solutions Architect Self-Assessment. Featuring 2136 new and updated case-based questions, organized into seven core areas of process design, this Self-Assessment will help you identify areas in which AWS Certified Solutions Architect improvements can be made. In using the questions you will be better able to: - diagnose AWS Certified Solutions Architect projects, initiatives, organizations, businesses and processes using accepted diagnostic standards and practices - implement evidence-based best practice strategies aligned with overall goals - integrate recent advances in AWS Certified Solutions Architect and process design strategies into practice according to best practice guidelines Using a Self-Assessment tool known as the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Scorecard, you will develop a clear picture of which AWS Certified Solutions Architect areas need attention. Your purchase includes access details to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect self-assessment dashboard download which gives you your dynamically prioritized projects-ready tool and shows your organization exactly what to do next. You will receive the following contents with New and Updated specific criteria: - The latest quick edition of the book in PDF - The latest complete edition of the book in PDF, which criteria correspond to the criteria in... - The Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard - Example pre-filled Self-Assessment Excel Dashboard to get familiar with results generation - In-depth and specific AWS Certified Solutions Architect Checklists - Project management checklists and templates to assist with implementation INCLUDES LIFETIME SELF ASSESSMENT UPDATES Every self assessment comes with Lifetime Updates and Lifetime Free Updated Books. Lifetime Updates is an industry-first feature which allows you to receive verified self assessment updates, ensuring you always have the most accurate information at your fingertips.




Cloud Computing


Book Description

This book describes cloud computing as a service that is "highly scalable" and operates in "a resilient environment". The authors emphasize architectural layers and models - but also business and security factors.




Cloud Computing


Book Description

**Get the eBook version free when you purchase the paperback version** The cloud can be regarded as services and software residing and operating on the Internet rather than on a local computer or on-premise network of servers. Cloud adoption is a strategy utilized by companies to enhance the scalability of Internet-based data base capabilities while minimizing risk and cost. To accomplish this, businesses implement cloud computing or utilize remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data. Without a centralized strategy for cloud adoption, companies are subject to "cloud sprawl", leading to issues with security, compliance and increased costs. CIOs should focus on creating and executing a centralized cloud strategy and utilize it as the foundation for managing the use of cloud services across the business. A poorly implemented cloud strategy can increase cost and reduce agility, thus should involve IT operations and security team during the planning phase. What You'll Learn Leverage cloud computing practices to successfully build a cost-effective cloud environment. Select the most ideal cloud service model, and execute suitable cloud design strategies for your company. Manage changes in the cloud transition and digital transformation process. Implement cloud computing solutions efficiently and effectively. Use case patterns for cloud models and types. Best practices for adopting cloud computing.




Rise of the Data Cloud


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The rise of the Data Cloud is ushering in a new era of computing. The world’s digital data is mass migrating to the cloud, where it can be more effectively integrated, managed, and mobilized. The data cloud eliminates data siloes and enables data sharing with business partners, capitalizing on data network effects. It democratizes data analytics, making the most sophisticated data science tools accessible to organizations of all sizes. Data exchanges enable businesses to discover, explore, and easily purchase or sell data—opening up new revenue streams. Business leaders have long dreamed of data driving their organizations. Now, thanks to the Data Cloud, nothing stands in their way.




Salesforce Marketing Cloud For Dummies


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Salesforce Marketing Cloud: Take your digital marketing on a journey! Everything seems to be moving to the cloud these days—and digital marketing is no exception! Salesforce Marketing Cloud For Dummies guides you through the use of Salesforce's exciting suite of cloud-based digital marketing solutions, which have the power to help you plan, personalize, and optimize your customers' journey. Written by a leader of the Salesforce training and development team, Salesforce Marketing Cloud users will find essential information on using the suite of tools and tips and tricks that only an insider would be able to share. With easy-to-follow instructions, this guide helps you discover how to incorporate your data sets into the tools to create models, campaigns, and customer maps that enable you to create a positive experience for your customers. As Salesforce.com's multi-channel digital marketing platform, the Salesforce Marketing Cloud focuses on helping you manage one-on-one customer journeys. Leveraging a variety of features, this suite of tools offers email marketing, mobile marketing, social media marketing, content and messaging, predictive intelligence, and more. Your ability to navigate these features and functions will determine your digital marketing campaign's success, so it's critical that you make the most of this tool! Navigate and manage the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Define and understand your customers' journeys—and how you fit into them Engage your customers across devices, ensuring consistent communication Use predictive data to optimize engagement Salesforce Marketing Cloud For Dummies helps you make the most of your investment in the digital marketing world!




Practical Cloud Security


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With their rapidly changing architecture and API-driven automation, cloud platforms come with unique security challenges and opportunities. This hands-on book guides you through security best practices for multivendor cloud environments, whether your company plans to move legacy on-premises projects to the cloud or build a new infrastructure from the ground up. Developers, IT architects, and security professionals will learn cloud-specific techniques for securing popular cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and IBM Cloud. Chris Dotson—an IBM senior technical staff member—shows you how to establish data asset management, identity and access management, vulnerability management, network security, and incident response in your cloud environment.




Official Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Study Guide


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The proven Study Guide that prepares you for this new Google Cloud exam The Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Study Guide, provides everything you need to prepare for this important exam and master the skills necessary to land that coveted Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer certification. Beginning with a pre-book assessment quiz to evaluate what you know before you begin, each chapter features exam objectives and review questions, plus the online learning environment includes additional complete practice tests. Written by Dan Sullivan, a popular and experienced online course author for machine learning, big data, and Cloud topics, Google Cloud Certified Professional Data Engineer Study Guide is your ace in the hole for deploying and managing analytics and machine learning applications. Build and operationalize storage systems, pipelines, and compute infrastructure Understand machine learning models and learn how to select pre-built models Monitor and troubleshoot machine learning models Design analytics and machine learning applications that are secure, scalable, and highly available. This exam guide is designed to help you develop an in depth understanding of data engineering and machine learning on Google Cloud Platform.




Data Analytics with Google Cloud Platform


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Step-by-step guide to different data movement and processing techniques, using Google Cloud Platform Services Key Featuresa- Learn the basic concept of Cloud Computing along with different Cloud service provides with their supported Models (IaaS/PaaS/SaaS)a- Learn the basics of Compute Engine, App Engine, Container Engine, Project and Billing setup in the Google Cloud Platforma- Learn how and when to use Cloud DataFlow, Cloud DataProc and Cloud DataPrep a- Build real-time data pipeline to support real-time analytics using Pub/Sub messaging servicea- Setting up a fully managed GCP Big Data Cluster using Cloud DataProc for running Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop clusters in a simpler, more cost-efficient mannera- Learn how to use Cloud Data Studio for visualizing the data on top of Big Querya- Implement and understand real-world business scenarios for Machine Learning, Data Pipeline EngineeringDescriptionModern businesses are awash with data, making data driven decision-making tasks increasingly complex. As a result, relevant technical expertise and analytical skills are required to do such tasks. This book aims to equip you with enough knowledge of Cloud Computing in conjunction with Google Cloud Data platform to succeed in the role of a Cloud data expert.Current market is trending towards the latest cloud technologies, which is the need of the hour. Google being the pioneer, is dominating this space with the right set of cloud services being offered as part of GCP (Google Cloud Platform). At this juncture, this book will be very vital and will be cover all the services that are being offered by GCP, putting emphasis on Data services.What will you learnBy the end of the book, you will have come across different data services and platforms offered by Google Cloud, and how those services/features can be enabled to serve business needs. You will also see a few case studies to put your knowledge to practice and solve business problems such as building a real-time streaming pipeline engine, Scalable Datawarehouse on Cloud, fully managed Hadoop cluster on Cloud and enabling TensorFlow/Machine Learning API's to support real-life business problems. Remember to practice additional examples to master these techniques. Who this book is forThis book is for professionals as well as graduates who want to build a career in Google Cloud data analytics technologies. One stop shop for those who wish to get an initial to advance understanding of the GCP data platform. The target audience will be data engineers/professionals who are new, as well as those who are acquainted with the tools and techniques related to cloud and data space. a- Individuals who have basic data understanding (i.e. Data and cloud) and have done some work in the field of data analytics, can refer/use this book to master their knowledge/understanding.a- The highlight of this book is that it will start with the basic cloud computing fundamentals and will move on to cover the advance concepts on GCP cloud data analytics and hence can be referred across multiple different levels of audiences. Table of Contents1. GCP Overview and Architecture2. Data Storage in GCP 3. Data Processing in GCP with Pub/Sub and Dataflow 4. Data Processing in GCP with DataPrep and Dataflow5. Big Query and Data Studio6. Machine Learning with GCP7. Sample Use cases and ExamplesAbout the Author Murari Ramuka is a seasoned Data Analytics professional with 12+ years of experience in enabling data analytics platforms using traditional DW/BI and Cloud Technologies (Azure, Google Cloud Platform) to uncover hidden insights and maximize revenue, profitability and ensure efficient operations management. He has worked with several multinational IT giants like Capgemini, Cognizant, Syntel and Icertis.His LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murari-ramuka-98a440a/




Genomics in the Cloud


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Data in the genomics field is booming. In just a few years, organizations such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host 50+ petabytes—or over 50 million gigabytes—of genomic data, and they’re turning to cloud infrastructure to make that data available to the research community. How do you adapt analysis tools and protocols to access and analyze that volume of data in the cloud? With this practical book, researchers will learn how to work with genomics algorithms using open source tools including the Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK), Docker, WDL, and Terra. Geraldine Van der Auwera, longtime custodian of the GATK user community, and Brian O’Connor of the UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute, guide you through the process. You’ll learn by working with real data and genomics algorithms from the field. This book covers: Essential genomics and computing technology background Basic cloud computing operations Getting started with GATK, plus three major GATK Best Practices pipelines Automating analysis with scripted workflows using WDL and Cromwell Scaling up workflow execution in the cloud, including parallelization and cost optimization Interactive analysis in the cloud using Jupyter notebooks Secure collaboration and computational reproducibility using Terra