Transform your cloud operations from reactive to proactive with automated cost optimization and governance mastery. This course empowers ML and AI professionals to take control of escalating cloud expenses while ensuring bulletproof compliance across complex infrastructure environments.
Automate Cloud Costs & Governance
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Automate Cloud Costs & Governance
This course is part of AI Systems Reliability & Security Specialization
Instructor: Hurix Digital
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Intermediate level
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2 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Data-driven cloud cost analysis uncovers waste patterns missed by manual checks, enabling targeted optimization and ROI.
Effective governance demands continuous evaluation and updates, as policies that worked before may fail as systems scale.
Automation shifts governance from reactive fixes to proactive prevention, enabling self-healing, compliant infrastructure.
Sustainable cloud operations treat governance policies as living code—versioned, tested, and continuously refined.
Skills you'll gain
- Scripting
- Compliance Management
- Cost Management
- Data Governance
- Security Controls
- Cloud Security
- DevSecOps
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Terraform
- Cost Control
- Amazon Web Services
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Automation
- Compliance Auditing
- Cloud Management
- Advanced Analytics
- Analysis
- Governance
- Multi-Tenant Cloud Environments
- Business Metrics
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January 2026
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This course is part of the AI Systems Reliability & Security Specialization
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There are 3 modules in this course
Learners will master systematic cloud cost analysis techniques by examining real AWS billing data to uncover hidden inefficiencies and develop data-driven optimization strategies.
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3 videos2 readings2 assignments
Learners will systematically assess governance frameworks by analyzing tagging compliance reports, measuring policy enforcement effectiveness, and identifying gaps that compromise cost control and security compliance.
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3 videos1 reading2 assignments
Learners will develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Sentinel to automate policy enforcement, transforming reactive governance into proactive prevention systems that maintain compliance without manual intervention.
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3 videos1 reading3 assignments
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