{"id":761,"date":"2017-11-10T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/?p=761"},"modified":"2017-11-12T20:41:18","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T20:41:18","slug":"overview-of-amazon-web-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/?p=761","title":{"rendered":"Overview of Amazon Web Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate\/learn\/v4\/t\/lecture\/2050750?start=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate\/learn\/v4\/t\/lecture\/2050750?start=0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Overview Part 1<\/h1>\n<h2>What is Cloud Computing<\/h2>\n<p>Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources and applications via the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.\u00a0 Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broud set of application services over the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>Cloud computing providers such as AWS own and maintain the network-connected hardware required for these application services, while you provision and use what you need using a web application.<\/p>\n<h2>Six Advantages of Cloud<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Trade Capital Expense for variable expense<\/li>\n<li>Benefit from massive economies of scale<\/li>\n<li>Stop guessing about capacity<\/li>\n<li>Increase speed and agility<\/li>\n<li>Stop spending money running and maintaining data centers<\/li>\n<li>Go global in minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Global Infrastructure<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>11 different Regions Worldwide\n<ul>\n<li>Each region contains 1 or more Availability Zones (AZ)<\/li>\n<li>Most regions consist of 3 AZs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Security<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>State of the art electronic surveillance and multi factor access control systems<\/li>\n<li>Staffed 24&#215;7 by specially trained security guards<\/li>\n<li>Access is authorised on a &#8220;least privilege basis&#8221;\n<ul>\n<li>Access to specific areas is limited to which areas you have clearance to access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Compliance<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>SOC 1 \/ SSAE 16 \/ ISAE 3402 (Formerly SAS 70 Type II)*<\/li>\n<li>SOC2*<\/li>\n<li>SOC3<\/li>\n<li>FISMA, DIACAP<\/li>\n<li>FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management\n<div>Program)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>PCI DSS Level 1*\n<ul>\n<li>Amazon architecture is approved for use with Credit Card transactions.<\/li>\n<li>True PCI compliance is a function of both the Customer and Provider (AWS)\n<ul>\n<li>There are a lot of different processes a Customer must also follows to become PCI compliant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>ISO 27001*<\/li>\n<li>ISO 9001*<\/li>\n<li>ITAR (U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations)<\/li>\n<li>FIPS 140-2 (Federal Information Processing Standards)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Industry Specific Standards<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>HIPAA<\/li>\n<li>Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)<\/li>\n<li>Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Important to know<\/p>\n<h2>The AWS Platform<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aws-platform.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-764\" src=\"http:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aws-platform.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"679\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aws-platform.png 679w, https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aws-platform-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/wiki.thomasandsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/aws-platform-150x108.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>From bottom to top:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>AWS Global Infrastructure<\/li>\n<li>Networking<\/li>\n<li>Compute \/ Storage \/ Databases<\/li>\n<li>Analytics &amp; Application Services<\/li>\n<li>Deployment &amp; Management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.udemy.com\/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate\/learn\/v4\/t\/lecture\/2050750?start=0 Overview Part 1 What is Cloud Computing Cloud computing is the on-demand delivery of IT resources and applications via the Internet with pay-as-you-go pricing.\u00a0 Cloud computing provides a simple way to access servers, storage, databases, and a broud set of application services over the Internet. 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