AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders – Financial Services

• Line of business (LOB) owners
• Information technology (IT) leaders
• IT executives

• Explain the role of information technology (IT) in an organization for business transformation
• Explain the customer value proposition for using the cloud in the financial services industry (FSI)
• Define key characteristics of cloud computing
• Explain the cloud business model
• Identify key FSI security practices of cloud computing
• Frame the cloud business value using the Cloud Value Framework

No prior IT experience or cloud experience is required.

Module 1: Course Introduction

Module 2: Information Technology for Business Transformation

·        Role of IT in an organization for business transformation

·        Brief history of IT

·        Legacy approach to IT

·        What drives customers to move from traditional infrastructure to the cloud

Module 3: Cloud Computing

·        Define cloud computing

·        Key characteristics of cloud technology

·        The cloud business model

·        Key FSI security practices within the cloud

Module 4: Business Value of the Cloud

·        The customer value proposition

·        Identify who is using cloud computing

·        Industry trends

·        Customer examples

Module 5: The Cloud Value Framework

·        Introduction to the Cloud Value Framework

·        Cost Savings

·        Staff Productivity

·        Operational Resilience

·        Business Agility

Module 6: Business Value Activity