AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

These concepts provide the foundation for designing secure and scalable cloud networks.

Advanced VPC Architecture

Organizations may operate multiple VPCs for different applications, departments, environments, or business units. Connecting and managing these VPCs requires careful architecture.

A well-designed VPC architecture should provide appropriate isolation while allowing required communication between applications and services.

AWS networking technologies can support centralized connectivity, routing, and security across multiple VPCs. Professionals need to understand traffic flow, routing decisions, network segmentation, and security requirements when designing these environments.

Advanced VPC design is particularly important for organizations operating large cloud infrastructures.

Hybrid Cloud Networking

Many enterprises maintain a combination of on-premises data centers and AWS workloads. Creating secure connectivity between these environments is a major networking requirement.

AWS provides technologies such as AWS Direct Connect and VPN solutions for connecting corporate networks to AWS.

Direct Connect can provide dedicated connectivity between an organization's network and AWS, while VPN technologies can establish encrypted connections over network infrastructure.

Choosing an appropriate solution depends on requirements such as bandwidth, latency, security, availability, reliability, operational complexity, and cost.

AWS Transit Gateway