Also referred to as cross-cutting aspects, cloud computing shared consideration items are addressed below. Security Security of cloud data and applications is a responsibility that is shared between the cloud service provider and the cloud service consumer. An easy way to portray the responsibility boundary is that: The CSP has responsibility for “security of the…
QuickGuide: Use AWS Polly on Windows 10 to synthesize speech from text
Step 1 – Install Python on Windows laptop/desktop Open cmd and type python3 and press enter If you don’t have Python installed already, it will take you to Windows Store, click on Get Prep for Polly execution Step 2 – Create dummy polly.py Step 3 – Execute polly.py and play speech.mp3 Successful execution of the…
QuickGuide: Use AWS Comprehend to perform language analysis
Step 1 – Create Ubuntu EC2 instance and prep for Comprehend Step 2 – Create dummy comprehend.py Step 3 – Execute comprehend.py You can change the text in the python script to see how the analysis changes with each statement.
QuickGuide: Use Amazon Rekognition to detect text and faces in image
Step 1 – Create Ubuntu EC2 instance and prep for Rekognition Step 2 – Execute dummy rekognition.py Detected text Steve jobs Dennis Ritchie (b. 24Feb 1955) (b. 09 Sep 1941 Become a hipster, sell stolen ideas Invent UNIX andC DIED 05 OCT 2011 DIED 12 OCT 2011 Withoue Steve lots, we would have: Withoutdennis Ritchier…
QuickGuide: Create AWS Lambda function to send email when a file is uploaded to S3
Step 1 – Create Lambda Function Navigate to AWS Lambda, click on Create function Select Author from scratch Name your function echoFn Choose Runtime as Node.js 14.x Click on Create function Step 2 – Edit code Collapse Function overview Right-click on index.js and click Open, delete the sample code and replace with – Step 3…
QuickGuide: Amazon RDS & ElastiCache Demo
Step 1 – Create Ubuntu EC2 instance and install Python if not already installed Step 2 – Install MySQL connector and client and prep Ubuntu EC2 instance Step 3 – Create Amazon RDS MySQL instance Step 4 – Create employees database Step 5 – Create python script to connect to mysql and insert data Step…
Cloud Deployment Models
The selection of a cloud deployment model will depend on any number of factors and may well be heavily influenced by your organization’s risk appetite, cost, compliance, regulatory requirements, legal obligations, and other internal business decisions and strategy. Private Cloud A private cloud service refers to a proprietary network, or data center, owned and architected…
NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy
The NIST Cloud Computing Reference Architecture and Taxonomy was designed to accurately communicate the components and offerings of cloud computing. The guiding principles used to create the reference architecture were: Develop a vendor-neutral architecture that is consistent with the NIST definition Develop a solution that does not stifle innovation by defining a prescribed technical solution…
Moving to the Cloud? Here’s a checklist to get you started
Any enterprise consuming Cloud Service Provider (CSP) services must conduct sufficient due diligence to: Clearly understand CSP responsibilities, enterprise responsibilities, and demarcation between the two Ensure that CSP IT governance processes and procedures are compatible with those of the enterprise and its operating environment Ensure that operating on the CSP infrastructure is compliant with any…
How is a Cloud Service Provider structured?
Global cloud service providers (CSP) are generally organized in a three-level structure: CSP data centers: Individual physical data centers that house physical computers, storage, data center networking, environmental management equipment, and electrical power. CSP availability zones: An availability zone (AZ) consists of two or more geographically local data centers. The AZ data centers will normally…