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Cloud Networking, Security and Service Reliability

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Cloud Networking, Security and Service Reliability

This course is part of Cloud Engineering: Infrastructure, Virtualisation & Security Specialization

Instructor: Matt Bushby

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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No prior experience required

5 hours to complete

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3 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

No prior experience required

5 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Explain cloud network topologies, overlay networks, network virtualisation, and VXLAN tunnelling.
Describe software-defined networking and distinguish its purpose from SD-WAN.
Apply shared responsibility and least-privilege principles when considering cloud access and data protection.
Explain high availability, recovery planning, and the roles of service level agreements, indicators, and objectives.

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There are 3 modules in this course

Cloud services depend on networks that connect resources and on controls that protect access, data, and availability. This course examines cloud networking alongside the security and reliability requirements of a cloud environment.

You will explore the limitations of traditional network topologies, the role of overlay networks, and how network virtualisation and VXLAN tunnelling support communication. The course also introduces software-defined networking and distinguishes it from SD-WAN. You will then examine shared security responsibilities, least-privilege access, data asset management, and approaches to threat mitigation. The final part considers high availability, recovery planning, and service reliability measures. By the end of the course, you will be able to recommend a cloud networking approach and explain the security and reliability considerations that should inform its design.

Understanding cloud networking is essential for anyone involved in cloud computing, as it forms the backbone of modern cloud infrastructures. In this topic, we'll discuss how cloud networks address the limitations of traditional network topologies and explore concepts like network virtualisation and tunnelling technologies for efficient data transmission. Additionally, we'll simplify software-defined networking (SDN) by explaining its architecture and operational principles.

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The critical importance of cloud security in today's digital landscape underscores the need for robust measures to safeguard against evolving cyber threats. This topic covers security and threat mitigation techniques.

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Learners act as a cloud engineer for a fictional online learning provider whose systems share one flat network. Using a workload security profile, a queue of access requests, and six months of service level records, learners design a segmented cloud network, decide who should receive which access, and explain why two services missed their availability targets and how to prevent a repeat. The result is a Secure Network and Reliability Design written for a mixed technical and non-technical audience.

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Macquarie University

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Frequently asked questions

Familiarity with virtualisation, cloud services, and deployment models will help you follow this course. If these concepts are new to you, start with Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment Fundamentals. That course provides the recommended foundation for this second course in the Cloud Engineering: Infrastructure, Virtualisation & Security specialization.

You’ll examine the shared responsibility model, the principle of least privilege, data asset management, and threat mitigation. In the mini project, you’ll use workload security information and access requests to decide how to separate workloads and who should receive access. This helps you justify security decisions in terms of the organisation’s needs.

You’ll examine the limitations of traditional network topologies and how overlay networks, network virtualisation, and VXLAN tunnelling support cloud communication. You’ll also explore software-defined networking (SDN) and distinguish it from SD-WAN. You’ll use these concepts to recommend a cloud networking approach for an organisational scenario.

You’ll be able to contribute to cloud design reviews by explaining networking options, recommending access based on least privilege, and identifying reliability requirements. You’ll also practise analysing service records and recommending improvements when availability targets are missed. Your project will demonstrate how you communicate these recommendations to technical and non-technical colleagues.

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