Daniel Carter - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner All-in-One Exam Guide (Exam CLF-C01)

Daniel Carter, AWS CCP, CISSP, CCSP, CISM, CISA, is a senior systems engineer with Johns Hopkins University & Medicine. An IT security and systems professional for almost 25 years, he has worked extensively with web-based applications and infrastructure, as well as LDAP, SAML, and federated identity systems; PKI; SIEM; and Linux/Unix systems. Daniel holds a degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland and a masters degree in technology management, with a focus on homeland security management, from the University of Maryland Global Campus.

Taylor York is a cloud application architect at Amazon Web Services, where he assists customers in designing cloud-native applications with a focus on developer satisfaction, fast cycle times, testability, and automation.

Taylor has quite the diverse background, which includes testing jet engines for the U.S. Air Force, based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, as well as test strategy and test architecture of mainframe and cloud applications. Most recently his efforts have been on big data and enterprise web applications on AWS.

Taylor has a wide variety of interests outside of work. He loves working on cars, watching movies, and traveling and is a definite sports enthusiast. He always enjoys cheering on his Oklahoma State Cowboys regardless of the sport. Taylor resides in Southlake, Texas, with his wife of ten years, Meghan, and their two young daughters, Kensington and Campbell.

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This book is dedicated to my childrenZachariah, Malachi,
Alannah, and Ezra. I love you all so much and look forward
to seeing how each of you four very unique souls
will change the world for the better!

This is my third book and my first foray into AWS. I first want to thank Matt Walker for connecting me to the opportunity with my first book and encouraging me to take it on. I hope that you find this book to be an informative and comprehensive aid in your own professional development and growth.

I owe a special thanks for my technical editor on this book, Taylor York, for always steering me in the right direction with AWS and keeping me focused on the right perspective when presenting AWS technologies and how to approach them.

I worked with David Henry for many years at the University of Maryland and gained much of my knowledge about middleware and systems architecture from him. I owe much of my philosophy and approach to facing IT challenges today to the things I learned working for and with him. There are so many others from my days at the University of Maryland from whom I learned so much. However, I want to specifically call out John Pfeifer, David Arnold, Spence Spencer, Kevin Hildebrand, Prasad Dharmasena, Fran LoPresti, Eric Sturdivant, Willie Brown, Sonja Kueppers, Ira Gold, and Brian Swartzfager.

From my time at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), I want to specifically thank Jon Booth and Ketan Patel for giving me the opportunity to move into a formal security position for the first time and trusting me to oversee incredibly public and visible systems. Also, thanks to Zabeen Chong for giving me the opportunity to join CMS and expand beyond my roots in the academic world. Finally, I could never leave out my dear friend Andy Trusz, who from my first day at CMS showed me the ropes of the workplace and became a very close personal friend. Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer the very day I left CMS for Hewlett Packard Enterprise. I will never forget his friendship and all he showed me!