AI-Integrated Certificate Course on
Cloud, Automation & Cybersecurity
With
Industry Internship

Month 1 – Foundational Skills (Linux, Networking, Cloud, Containerization)

With reverse learning use cases like deploying a container or web page first, then tracing back to the basics

• Operate a Linux system using essential command-line tools, file system navigation, process management, package installation, and user/group administration.
• Configure and troubleshoot basic network settings, including IP addressing, DNS, ping/traceroute, firewall (ufw/iptables), and SSH remote access.
• Understand the core components of cloud platforms (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and navigate AWS (or equivalent) for basic resource provisioning.
• Provision and manage cloud resources such as EC2 (virtual machines), S3 (object storage), and Security Groups using console and CLI.
• Host a static web page on the cloud using an EC2 instance or S3 bucket, configuring permissions and DNS to make it publicly accessible.
• Understand containerization concepts – containers as isolated processes using Linux kernel features like namespaces and cgroups.
• Run and manage Docker containers, including building simple container images, running services, inspecting logs, and exposing ports.
• Relate cloud and container technologies to foundational concepts in Linux and networking through hands-on reverse learning cases.
• Evaluate simple deployment architectures , identifying how Linux, networking, containers, and cloud services interact in modern infrastructure.

Month 2 – Cybersecurity & Automation

• Automate infrastructure administration tasks using Ansible ad-hoc commands and playbooks to manage users, configure services, apply security settings, and standardize server setups.
• Apply foundational cybersecurity principles by understanding what is a vulnerability, attack surface, threat actor, risk, common cyber attacks, security measures, CIA triad.
• Harden operating systems and cloud workloads by implementing SSH hardening, disabling unused services, configuring firewalls, enforcing the principle of least privilege through IAM and user role auditing.
• Conduct ethical hacking simulations through basic vulnerability scanning, network enumeration, password attacks, and reconnaissance using tools.
• Learn to investigate and protect resources in AWS using CloudTrail, CloudWatch and setting up AWS WAF to protect web applications from common threats and enhance cloud security.