ABOUT THE AUTHOR

BRETT MCLAUGHLIN works in cloud computing, focusing on scalable cloud platforms, and staging and distributing petabyte-scale data stores. His experience leading projects on contracts with NASA and Amazon Web Services has given him unique vision and expertise in the practical concerns of cloud-based architectures and large data sets. He remains an informed leader with the ability to program and fix problems with his own hands, while still staying focused on defining and executing large visions within extraordinary organizations and with teams of all sizes.

Introduction xv

Chapter 1 Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures 1

Review Questions 2

Chapter 2 Domain 2: Define Performant Architectures 53

Review Questions 54

Chapter 3 Domain 3: Specify Secure Applications and Architectures 93

Review Questions 94

Chapter 4 Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 135

Review Questions 136

Chapter 5 Domain 5: Define Operationally Excellent Architectures 153

Review Questions 154

Chapter 6 Practice Test 165

Appendix Answers to Review Questions 181

Domain 1: Design Resilient Architectures 182

Domain 2: Define Performant Architectures 206

Domain 3: Specify Secure Applications and Architectures 223

Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 240

Domain 5: Define Operationally Excellent Architectures 247

Practice Test 252

Index 259

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