Cloud Computing_C116: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud

About Course

The Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud course is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to plan, implement, and manage effective disaster recovery (DR) and business continuity (BC) strategies in cloud-based environments.
As organizations increasingly move their workloads to the cloud,
ensuring that their systems are resilient to disruptions and can quickly recover from incidents such as outages, cyberattacks, or hardware failures is critical.
This course covers best practices for building highly available cloud architectures, implementing backup strategies, and creating comprehensive disaster recovery plans using major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
By the end of the course, students will be prepared to design cloud environments that ensure minimal downtime, data integrity, and business continuity in the event of a disaster.

After the completion of course student will be able to:

Design and implement disaster recovery (DR) strategies using cloud-native
services, including multi-region or multi-cloud solutions, to ensure business-
critical applications remain operational during system failures.
Create and test business continuity plans (BCPs) for cloud environments,
including risk assessments, recovery time objectives (RTO), and recovery point objectives (RPO), to minimize downtime and data loss during disruptions.
Implement automated backup and restore solutions in cloud environments, using tools like AWS Backup, Azure Recovery Services, and Google Cloud Storage, to ensure continuous data protection and rapid recovery in case of data loss.
Analyze cloud-native monitoring tools (e.g., AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor,
Google Cloud Operations Suite) to monitor resources, detect disruptions, and
automate responses, ensuring the swift recovery of critical services during
disasters.
Design and conduct regular disaster recovery drills in cloud environments,
simulating various disaster scenarios to validate the effectiveness of recovery
plans, ensure staff are adequately trained, and verify that systems can be
restored quickly and efficiently to minimize downtime.

Course Content

Module 1

Topic 1: Introduction to Disaster Recovery in Cloud-native Architectures

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LO1: Explain key concepts of Disaster Recovery (DR) and cloud-native architecture.

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LO2: Describe the basic DR principles to typical cloud service models

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LO3: Analyze the role of elasticity, scalability, and distributed design in cloud resilience.

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Topic 2: Designing Multi-Region and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery Strategies

00:00
LO1: Explain the definitions of Multi-region and Multi-cloud DR strategies.

00:00
LO2: Discuss when to use Multi-region vs. Multi-cloud deployments for availability.

00:00
LO3: Explain how to apply failover and replication techniques across regions and cloud providers.

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Topic 3: Developing Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) for Cloud Environments

00:00
LO1: Explain the core components of a Business Continuity Plan.

00:00
LO2: Describe the BCP frameworks to cloud-based scenarios.

00:00
LO3: Evaluate the completeness and effectiveness of a sample cloud BCP.

00:00
QUIZ I
Topic 4: Conducting Risk Assessments and Defining RTO/RPO

00:00
LO1: Explain the concepts of risk assessment, RTO, and RPO.

00:00
LO2: Describe how to Classify Risks and assess their impact.

00:00
LO3: Discuss different failure scenarios and their recovery implications.

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Topic 5: Automated Backup and Restore with AWS Backup

00:00
LO1: Explain the AWS Backup features and supported cloud services.

00:00
LO2: Describe how AWS Backup automates scheduling, retention, and data protection.

00:00
LO3: Discuss the backup policies for EC2, RDS, EFS, or DynamoDB using AWS Backup.

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QUIZ II
Topic 6: Implementing Backup and Recovery with Azure Recovery Services

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LO1: Explain the components of Azure Recovery Services Vault and Backup Center.

00:00
LO2: Describe Azure’s Backup architecture and workload support.

00:00
LO3: Analyze Azure Backup policies for retention, encryption, and redundancy.

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Topic 7: Using Google Cloud Storage for Data Protection and Recovery

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LO1: Explain the Google Cloud Storage classes and lifecycle rules.

00:00
LO2: Discuss backup and replication mechanisms in Google Cloud.
LO3: Describe versioning, object lifecycle management, and cross-region storage policies.

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Topic 8: Monitoring and Alerting with AWS CloudWatch

00:00
LO1: Explain CloudWatch metrics, logs, alarms, and dashboards.

00:00
LO2: Discuss how monitoring supports DR and continuity plans.

00:00
LO3: Discuss how to apply CloudWatch alarms and event rules to detect performance or availability issues.

00:00
Topic 9: Using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for Disaster Response

00:00
LO1: Explain the capabilities of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.

00:00
LO2: Discuss how telemetry supports proactive disaster recovery.

00:00
LO3: Analyze alerts and insights to identify early signs of failure.

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About Course

Course Content

Module 1

Topic 1: Introduction to Disaster Recovery in Cloud-native Architectures

LO1: Explain key concepts of Disaster Recovery (DR) and cloud-native architecture.

LO2: Describe the basic DR principles to typical cloud service models

LO3: Analyze the role of elasticity, scalability, and distributed design in cloud resilience.

Topic 2: Designing Multi-Region and Multi-Cloud Disaster Recovery Strategies

LO1: Explain the definitions of Multi-region and Multi-cloud DR strategies.

LO2: Discuss when to use Multi-region vs. Multi-cloud deployments for availability.

LO3: Explain how to apply failover and replication techniques across regions and cloud providers.

Topic 3: Developing Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) for Cloud Environments

LO1: Explain the core components of a Business Continuity Plan.

LO2: Describe the BCP frameworks to cloud-based scenarios.

LO3: Evaluate the completeness and effectiveness of a sample cloud BCP.

QUIZ I

Topic 4: Conducting Risk Assessments and Defining RTO/RPO

LO1: Explain the concepts of risk assessment, RTO, and RPO.

LO2: Describe how to Classify Risks and assess their impact.

LO3: Discuss different failure scenarios and their recovery implications.

Topic 5: Automated Backup and Restore with AWS Backup

LO1: Explain the AWS Backup features and supported cloud services.

LO2: Describe how AWS Backup automates scheduling, retention, and data protection.

LO3: Discuss the backup policies for EC2, RDS, EFS, or DynamoDB using AWS Backup.

QUIZ II

Topic 6: Implementing Backup and Recovery with Azure Recovery Services

LO1: Explain the components of Azure Recovery Services Vault and Backup Center.

LO2: Describe Azure’s Backup architecture and workload support.

LO3: Analyze Azure Backup policies for retention, encryption, and redundancy.

Topic 7: Using Google Cloud Storage for Data Protection and Recovery

LO1: Explain the Google Cloud Storage classes and lifecycle rules.

LO2: Discuss backup and replication mechanisms in Google Cloud.

LO3: Describe versioning, object lifecycle management, and cross-region storage policies.

Topic 8: Monitoring and Alerting with AWS CloudWatch

LO1: Explain CloudWatch metrics, logs, alarms, and dashboards.

LO2: Discuss how monitoring supports DR and continuity plans.

LO3: Discuss how to apply CloudWatch alarms and event rules to detect performance or availability issues.

Topic 9: Using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for Disaster Response

LO1: Explain the capabilities of Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights.

LO2: Discuss how telemetry supports proactive disaster recovery.

LO3: Analyze alerts and insights to identify early signs of failure.

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