Course description
This course explores cloud networking, ports and protocols, and VPNs and other security technology you’ll need to keep your cloud safe. You’ll also learn about SLAs, change management and how networking operates in different cloud models.

Syllabus
Network Components Demo
Video — 00:09:28
Before covering cloud networking specifically, it is useful to gain an overview of basic networking components. This episode provides such an introduction.
Network Protocols
Video — 00:03:40
Network protocols are the standard communication methods used on computer networks. This episode introduces network protocols and describes DNS as an example.
Network Ports Lab
Video — 00:05:28
Many protocols used ports for communications. TCP and UDP ports are common. Some protocols use well-known ports and this episode introduces network ports and common ports used by common protocols.
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
Video — 00:08:16
You may require connectivity from your local network to the cloud for local applications to communicate with cloud applications or for other sensitive data transfer. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) are most commonly used in such cases. This episode explai
IDS/IPS
Video — 00:07:28
This episode introduces a security technology you are likely to require in your cloud solutions. Intrusion monitoring is a key method used to detect attacks on your local and cloud networks.
Segmentation
Video — 00:08:48
Network segmentation is a long-used solution for network performance and security. This episode explains segmentation and the different methods used to provide it.
Network SLAs and Change Management
Video — 00:04:16
Service level agreements (SLAs) come up in many places in this course. They are equally important for networking and this episode explains them in the networking context.
Networking in Different Models
Video — 00:05:03
This episode addresses some important information related to how networking should be considered in different cloud models, such as public, private and hybrid models.

Meet the author
Mike Meyers, affectionately called the “Alpha Geek,” is the industry’s leading authority on CompTIA certifications. He is the president and co-founder of Total Seminars, LLC, a provider of PC and network repair seminars, books, videos and courseware for thousands of organizations throughout the world. Mike has been involved in the computer and network repair industry since 1987 as a technician, instructor, author, consultant and speaker. He has sold over a million IT and certification books, including the best-selling CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide and CompTIA Network+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide. He has personally taught thousands of students, including U.S. senators, U.S. Supreme Court Justices, members of the United Nation, every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, many branches of the Department of Justice, hundreds of corporate clients and academic students at every level.
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