Become a Professional Cloud Architect by exploring the essential concepts, tools, and services in GCP and working through practice tests designed to help you take the exam confidently Key Features Plan and design a GCP cloud solution architecture Ensure the security and reliability of your cloud solutions and operations Assess your knowledge by taking mock tests with up-to-date exam questions Book DescriptionGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP) is one of the industry leaders thanks to its array of services that can be leveraged by organizations to bring the best out of their infrastructure. This book is a comprehensive guide for learning methods to effectively utilize GCP services and help you become acquainted with the topics required to pass Google's Professional Cloud Architect certification exam. Following the Professional Cloud Architect's official exam syllabus, you'll first be introduced to the GCP. The book then covers the core services that GCP offers, such as computing and storage, and takes you through effective methods of scaling and automating your cloud infrastructure. As you progress through the chapters, you'll get to grips with containers and services and discover best practices related to the design and process. This revised second edition features new topics such as Cloud Run, Anthos, Data Fusion, Composer, and Data Catalog. By the end of this book, you'll have gained the knowledge required to take and pass the Google Cloud Certification - Professional Cloud Architect exam and become an expert in GCP services. What you will learn Understand the benefits of being a Google Certified Professional Cloud Architect Find out how to enroll for the Professional Cloud Architect exam Master the compute options in GCP Explore security and networking options in GCP Get to grips with managing and monitoring your workloads in GCP Understand storage, big data, and machine learning services Become familiar with exam scenarios and passing strategies Who this book is forIf you are a cloud architect, cloud engineer, administrator, or any IT professional looking to learn how to implement Google Cloud services in your organization and become a GCP Certified Professional Cloud Architect, this book is for you. Basic knowledge of server infrastructure, including Linux and Windows Servers, is assumed. A solid understanding of network and storage will help you to make the most out of this book.

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product. Don't Let the Real Test Be Your First Test! RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Practice Exams with Virtual Machines (Exams EX200 & EX300) features 100+ hands-on labs, four complete practice exams, and three virtual machines. To help you understand the material, the labs and practice exams are accompanied by in-depth answer explanations. This practical guide covers all official objectives for Exams EX200 and EX300 and is the perfect companion to RHCSA/RHCE Red Hat Linux Certification Study Guide, Sixth Edition.Covers all exam topics, including: Virtual Machines and Automated Installations * Fundamental Command Line Skills * RHCSA-Level Security Options * The Boot Process * Linux Filesystem Administration * Package Management * User Administration * RHCSA-Level System Administration Tasks * Security * System Services and SELinux * RHCE Administrative Tasks * Electronic Mail Servers * The Apache Web Server * The Samba File Server * More File-Sharing Services * Administrative Services: DNS, FTP, and Logging Includes three virtual machines preloaded with: Two RHCSA practice exams Two RHCE practice exams 100+ hands-on labs In order to take advantage of the virtual machines that accompany this book you will need a 64-bit system with hardware virtualization enabled as well as RHEL 6 or its equivalent.

Master the Microsoft Azure platform and prepare for the AZ-304 certification exam by learning the key concepts needed to identify key stakeholder requirements and translate these into robust solutions Key Features Build secure and scalable solutions on the Microsoft Azure platform Learn how to design solutions that are compliant with customer requirements Work with real-world scenarios to become a successful Azure architect, and prepare for the AZ-304 exam Book DescriptionThe AZ-304 exam tests an architect's ability to design scalable, reliable, and secure solutions in Azure based on customer requirements. Exam Ref AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design Certification and Beyond offers complete, up-to-date coverage of the AZ-304 exam content to help you prepare for it confidently, pass the exam first time, and get ready for real-world challenges. This book will help you to investigate the need for good architectural practices and discover how they address common concerns for cloud-based solutions. You will work through the CloudStack, from identity and access through to infrastructure (IaaS), data, applications, and serverless (PaaS). As you make progress, you will delve into operations including monitoring, resilience, scalability, and disaster recovery. Finally, you'll gain a clear understanding of how these operations fit into the real world with the help of full scenario-based examples throughout the book. By the end of this Azure book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the AZ-304 certification exam and have a handy desktop reference guide. What you will learn Understand the role of architecture in the cloud Ensure security through identity, authorization, and governance Find out how to use infrastructure components such as compute, containerization, networking, and storage accounts Design scalable applications and databases using web apps, functions, messaging, SQL, and Cosmos DB Maintain operational health through monitoring, alerting, and backups Discover how to create repeatable and reliable automated deployments Understand customer requirements and respond to their changing needs Who this book is forThis book is for Azure Solution Architects who advise stakeholders and help translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Junior architects looking to advance their skills in the Cloud will also benefit from this book. Experience with the Azure platform is expected, and a general understanding of development patterns will be advantageous.

Leverage Terraform's capabilities to reuse code, write modules, automate deployments, and manage infrastructure state Key Features Perform complex enterprise-grade infrastructure deployments using Terraform v1.0, the latest version of Terraform Learn to scale your infrastructure without introducing added deployment complexities Understand how to overcome infrastructure deployment challenges Book DescriptionTerraform is a highly sought-after technology for orchestrating infrastructure provisioning. This book is a complete reference guide to enhancing your infrastructure automation skills, offering up-to-date coverage of the HashiCorp infrastructure automation certification exam. This book is written in a clear and practical way with self-assessment questions and mock exams that will help you from a HashiCorp infrastructure automation certification exam perspective. This book covers end-to-end activities with Terraform, such as installation, writing its configuration file, Terraform modules, backend configurations, data sources, and infrastructure provisioning. You'll also get to grips with complex enterprise infrastructures and discover how to create thousands of resources with a single click. As you advance, you'll get a clear understanding of maintaining infrastructure as code (IaC) in Repo/GitHub, along with learning how to create, modify, and remove infrastructure resources as and when needed. Finally, you'll learn about Terraform Cloud and Enterprise and their enhanced features. By the end of this book, you'll have a handy, up-to-date desktop reference guide along with everything you need to pass the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam with confidence. What you will learn Effectively maintain the life cycle of your infrastructure using Terraform 1.0 Reuse Terraform code to provision any cloud infrastructure Write Terraform modules on multiple cloud providers Use Terraform workflows with the Azure DevOps pipeline Write Terraform configuration files for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Discover ways to securely store Terraform state files Understand Policy as Code using Terraform Sentinel Gain an overview of Terraform Cloud and Terraform Enterprise Who this book is forThis book is for experienced cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, system administrators, and solution architects interested in developing industry-grade skills with Terraform. You will also find this book useful if you want to pass the HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate exam. Basic command-line skills and prior knowledge of cloud environments and their services are required before getting started with this book.

Begin a successful career in cybersecurity operations by achieving Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification Key Features Receive expert guidance on how to kickstart your career in the cybersecurity industry Gain hands-on experience while studying for the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate certification exam Work through practical labs and exercises mapped directly to the exam objectives Book DescriptionAchieving the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification helps you to kickstart your career in cybersecurity operations. This book offers up-to-date coverage of 200-201 exam resources to fully equip you to pass on your first attempt. The book covers the essentials of network security concepts and shows you how to perform security threat monitoring. You'll begin by gaining an in-depth understanding of cryptography and exploring the methodology for performing both host and network-based intrusion analysis. Next, you'll learn about the importance of implementing security management and incident response strategies in an enterprise organization. As you advance, you'll see why implementing defenses is necessary by taking an in-depth approach, and then perform security monitoring and packet analysis on a network. You'll also discover the need for computer forensics and get to grips with the components used to identify network intrusions. Finally, the book will not only help you to learn the theory but also enable you to gain much-needed practical experience for the cybersecurity industry. By the end of this Cisco cybersecurity book, you'll have covered everything you need to pass the Cisco Certified CyberOps Associate 200-201 certification exam, and have a handy, on-the-job desktop reference guide. What you will learn Incorporate security into your architecture to prevent attacks Discover how to implement and prepare secure designs Identify access control models for digital assets Identify point of entry, determine scope, contain threats, and remediate Find out how to perform malware analysis and interpretation Implement security technologies to detect and analyze threats Who this book is forThis book is for students who want to pursue a career in cybersecurity operations, threat detection and analysis, and incident response. IT professionals, network security engineers, security operations center (SOC) engineers, and cybersecurity analysts looking for a career boost and those looking to get certified in Cisco cybersecurity technologies and break into the cybersecurity industry will also benefit from this book. No prior knowledge of IT networking and cybersecurity industries is needed.

Explore site reliability engineering practices and learn key Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services such as CSR, Cloud Build, Container Registry, GKE, and Cloud Operations to implement DevOps Key Features Learn GCP services for version control, building code, creating artifacts, and deploying secured containerized applications Explore Cloud Operations features such as Metrics Explorer, Logs Explorer, and debug logpoints Prepare for the certification exam using practice questions and mock tests Book DescriptionDevOps is a set of practices that help remove barriers between developers and system administrators, and is implemented by Google through site reliability engineering (SRE). With the help of this book, you'll explore the evolution of DevOps and SRE, before delving into SRE technical practices such as SLA, SLO, SLI, and error budgets that are critical to building reliable software faster and balance new feature deployment with system reliability. You'll then explore SRE cultural practices such as incident management and being on-call, and learn the building blocks to form SRE teams. The second part of the book focuses on Google Cloud services to implement DevOps via continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). You'll learn how to add source code via Cloud Source Repositories, build code to create deployment artifacts via Cloud Build, and push it to Container Registry. Moving on, you'll understand the need for container orchestration via Kubernetes, comprehend Kubernetes essentials, apply via Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), and secure the GKE cluster. Finally, you'll explore Cloud Operations to monitor, alert, debug, trace, and profile deployed applications. By the end of this SRE book, you'll be well-versed with the key concepts necessary for gaining Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification with the help of mock tests. What you will learn Categorize user journeys and explore different ways to measure SLIs Explore the four golden signals for monitoring a user-facing system Understand psychological safety along with other SRE cultural practices Create containers with build triggers and manual invocations Delve into Kubernetes workloads and potential deployment strategies Secure GKE clusters via private clusters, Binary Authorization, and shielded GKE nodes Get to grips with monitoring, Metrics Explorer, uptime checks, and alerting Discover how logs are ingested via the Cloud Logging API Who this book is forThis book is for cloud system administrators and network engineers interested in resolving cloud-based operational issues. IT professionals looking to enhance their careers in administering Google Cloud services and users who want to learn about applying SRE principles and implementing DevOps in GCP will also benefit from this book. Basic knowledge of cloud computing, GCP services, and CI/CD and hands-on experience with Unix/Linux infrastructure is recommended. You'll also find this book useful if you're interested in achieving Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification.

Pass the Certified Information Systems Security Professional Exam with our all-new set of practice exams designed to simulate the latest exam version Key Features Get ready to take the CISSP exam with the help of practice questions covering all concepts tested in the exam Discover and fill the gaps in your knowledge with detailed explanations of answers Take two full practice exams that simulate CISSP version May 2021 Book DescriptionThe CISSP exam is for security professionals who understand that poor security can put a company out of business. The exam covers eight important security domains - risk management, security architecture, data security, network security, identity management, auditing, security operations, and software development security. Designed to cover all the concepts tested in the CISSP exam, CISSP (ISC)2 Certification Practice Exams and Tests will assess your knowledge of information security and introduce you to the tools you need to master to pass the CISSP exam (version May 2021). With more than 100 questions for every CISSP domain, this book will test your understanding and fill the gaps in your knowledge with the help of descriptive answers and detailed explanations. You'll also find two complete practice exams that simulate the real CISSP exam, along with answers. By the end of this book, you'll be ready to take and pass the (ISC)2 CISSP exam and achieve the Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification putting you in the position to build a career as a security engineer, security manager, or chief information security officer (CISO) What you will learn Understand key principles of security, risk management, and asset security Become well-versed with topics focused on the security architecture and engineering domain Test your knowledge of IAM and communication using practice questions Study the concepts of security assessment, testing, and operations Find out which security controls are applied in software development security Find out how you can advance your career by acquiring this gold-standard certification Who this book is forThis book is for existing and aspiring security professionals, security engineers, security managers, and security experts who want to validate their skills and enhance their careers by passing the CISSP 2021 exam. Prior experience working in at least two of the CISSP security domains will be beneficial.