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Cloud architecture and design
Explain, demonstrate and verify **cloud architecture and design** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Cloud architecture and design60 min
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CLD-201Intermediate
Certification preparation
CompTIA Cloud+-Aligned Cloud Security Preparation
Practical cloud-security and exam-readiness preparation aligned to CompTIA Cloud+ CV0-004; examination and certification remain with CompTIA.
Part of these pathways
Course outline: enrolment opens after THNF content and assessment review.
What you will be able to do
Clear outcomes. Practical evidence.
- Design secure cloud architecture
- Apply least-privilege cloud identity controls
- Protect cloud data and workloads
- Investigate and recover from cloud incidents
Course structure
Modules and lessons
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Secure cloud networking
Explain, demonstrate and verify **secure cloud networking** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Secure cloud networking60 min
03
Identity federation and least privilege
Explain, demonstrate and verify **identity federation and least privilege** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Identity federation and least privilege60 min
04
Data protection and key management
Explain, demonstrate and verify **data protection and key management** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Data protection and key management60 min
05
Secure deployment and infrastructure as code
Explain, demonstrate and verify **secure deployment and infrastructure as code** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Secure deployment and infrastructure as code60 min
06
Containers, images and workload security
Explain, demonstrate and verify **containers, images and workload security** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Containers, images and workload security60 min
07
Logging, monitoring and threat detection
Explain, demonstrate and verify **logging, monitoring and threat detection** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Logging, monitoring and threat detection60 min
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Vulnerability, configuration and posture management
Explain, demonstrate and verify **vulnerability, configuration and posture management** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Vulnerability, configuration and posture management60 min
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Incident response and forensics in cloud
Explain, demonstrate and verify **incident response and forensics in cloud** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Incident response and forensics in cloud60 min
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Business continuity, backup and recovery
Explain, demonstrate and verify **business continuity, backup and recovery** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Business continuity, backup and recovery60 min
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Cloud troubleshooting and optimisation
Explain, demonstrate and verify **cloud troubleshooting and optimisation** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Cloud troubleshooting and optimisation60 min
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Secure hybrid-cloud capstone
Explain, demonstrate and verify **secure hybrid-cloud capstone** using an authorised lab and a realistic Sierra Leone scenario.
- Secure hybrid-cloud capstone60 min
Access and progression
Know what the course requires.
The required capability matters; the learner does not have to personally own every device.
Who it is for
Aspiring developers, technical learners, career changers and practitioners seeking applied computing skills.
Hardware access
Personal 64-bit computer with 4 GB RAM and 20 GB free, or use the required device and software at a readiness-approved THNF centre.
Software and practical access
Course software is available through the text-first pack, an approved offline installer or a readiness-approved THNF centre.
Possible progression
Authorised security-support, SOC, vulnerability-management or digital-forensics trainee; external certifications remain separately awarded.
Progression is not a guarantee of employment or external certification.Sierra Leone context
Authorised scenarios involving local SMEs, schools, NGOs, mobile-money fraud and shared devices, with safeguarding and Sierra Leonean legal and ethical boundaries.
Skills in context
Career directions and next steps
These are realistic directions that the skills can support—not promises of employment, job titles or external certification.
- Junior network-support technician
- Systems-support assistant
- Cloud-support trainee
- Cybersecurity-support trainee
- Security-operations trainee
- Vulnerability-management assistant
Possible progression pathways
Networking, systems and cloud · Cybersecurity