Explore KSACs by Pathway
Explore Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Credentials (KSACs) by IT Pathway.
4. Cloud
Label | KSAC Description | Bloom's Taxonomy Level | Cross-Cutting | |
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a | Demonstrate an understanding of cloud architecture and the capabilities of services such as AWS, Azure, IBM, Oracle and Google | knowledge | 2 | Cyber Security 4d, Software Development 1g, Data Management 1p, Machine Learning 1i |
b | Describe the fundamental cloud components (e.g., shared or dedicated processing, storage, memory, networking, hypervisor) | knowledge | 2 | Cybersecurity 4a |
c | Differentiate between public, private and hybrid clouds | knowledge | 2 | Cybersecurity 4b |
d | Identify common breaches and threats in the cloud environment | knowledge | 2 | Cybersecurity 4f |
e | Instantiate a small computing environment in a cloud service | ability | 3 | Cybersecurity 4e |
f | Explain the pros and cons of on-premises vs. cloud-based analytics solutions | knowledge | 2 | Data Analytics 2c |
g | Understand how to provision cloud services (e.g., Software as a Service [SaaS], Platform as a Service [PaaS], Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS], Security as a Service) | knowledge | 2 | |
h | Understand how to set security configurations in a cloud environment | knowledge | 2 | Cybersecurity 4g |
i | Understand the concept of opening/extending the network perimeter and the role of cloud access security (CAS) – | knowledge | 2 | Cybersecurity 8u |
Credentials
- CompTIA IT Fundamentals
- CompTIA A+
- Linux Essentials
- Network +
- LPIC-1
- CompTIA Cloud+
- Microsoft Operating System Fundamentals