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Cloud Testing Specialist (CTS-G™)

$ 500.00 $ 400.00

Course Description

The CCTAL™ Certification shows that the certified person is a dedicated testing professional and understands advanced cloud testing concepts and best practices. Cloud Testing is ideal for the Mobile economy. With a significant portion of online commerce now happening on mobile devices, the growth in this area is remarkable. Cloud testing ensures applications are prepared for unexpected traffic and usage spikes. Cloud testing enhances efficiency by prioritizing devices. Managers can easily assign and reassign devices to testers based on project needs, allowing for quick adjustments to urgent tasks. Prerequisites: Candidates must first obtain the CCTFL™ Certification.

Detailed Learning Outcomes

By earning the Project Management Certification (PMC), candidates demonstrate the ability to:

Module 1 - Functional Testing of Cloud Applications
    • SaaS
    • Pros and Cons
    • Layers of Cloud Testing
    • Views of Testing
    • Identifying Functions to Test
    • How Functions are Implemented
    • Service Implementation
    • Prioritizing Functions
    • Testing Workflows
    • Taking the Organizational View vs. Product View
    • Methods
    • The Relationship Between Process and Data
    • Structured Testing
    • Physical Items
    • Physical Test Metrics
    • Functions
    • Metrics
    • Time Budgeter
    • METS iPhone App
    • Agile Testing
    • The Basis for Test Conditions
    • Business Process Testing
    • Classification Trees Using CTE-XL
    • Evaluating Tests
    • Characteristics of Good Incident Reports
    • Incident Reporting and Tracking - Things You Need to Know
    • Sample Incident Categories
    • Sample Incident Priorities
    • How Can This Data be Used?
    • Regression Testing
Module 2 - The Role of Test Automation
    • How Automation Can Help in Cloud Testing
    • The Risks
    • Which Functions and Tests Can be Automated?
    • Tool Options
Module 3 - Testing Cloud Security
    • How Important is Security?
    • Cloud Security Advantages
    • Security Relevant Cloud Components
    • Cloud Security Risks
    • Key Security Questions
    • The Nature of Security Tests
    • Compliance
    • What are Your Compliance Requirements?
    • Compliance Issues
    • Data Security Risks
    • Volume-based Encryption
    • Application Level Encryption
    • File-based Encryption
    • Policy and Key Management
    • The Role of SLAs
    • On-premises Key Management
    • Auditing
    • The Threat
    • The “Hardware Roof of Trust”
    • Governance
    • A Process for Cloud Security Testing
    • Putting it Together
    • Guidelines from NIST
    • The Cloud Security Alliance
    • Further Resources
Module 4 - Testing Cloud Performance
    • Examples of Cloud Applications and Performance Concerns
    • How We Got Here
    • The Performance Impact of Cloud Computing
    • Service Level Agreements
    • Performance Through the Cloud
    • Profiling Workload and Capacity Levels
    • Designing Performance Tests
    • Understanding Where the Traffic Goes
    • Performance Test Tools
    • How Cloud Performance Tools Work
    • How Cloud-based Performance Tools Work
    • Steps in Designing a Cloud Performance Test
Module 5 - Testing Cloud Reliability and Availability
    • What Customers Expect
    • The Role of Testing
    • The Role of Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
    • Key Point About SLAs
    • What This Means
    • How to Test and Monitor Reliability and Availability
    • How to Measure Reliability and Availability
    • You Must Decide What is Important
    • Traditional Monitoring
    • The Challenge: Geo Dispersed Cloud Applications
    • Possible Solutions
    • Unified Monitoring
    • Example Dashboard
    • SLA Report
       
Module 6 - Transitioning to the Cloud
    • What to Consider When Transitioning Applications to the Cloud
    • Understanding the Business Needs and Value
    • Understand the Risks
    • The Risk Watch List
    • Example: Testing Risk and Return
    • Example: Risk Mitigation

Certification Validity & Renewal

The Project Management Certification (PMC) issued by GIPMC is valid for three (3) years from the date of certification award.

Renewal is designed to:
  • Maintain professional credibility
  • Ensure continued alignment with modern project practices
  • Protect the long-term value of the certification
Renewal Process Includes:
  • Completion of defined continuing professional development or knowledge refresh requirements
  • Successful renewal assessment or verification, as applicable
  • Submission of renewal application before certification expiry

Timely renewal allows professionals to retain active certification status without interruption.

Exam Pattern & Structure
  • Duration 20 to 25 Hours
  • Format Objective MCQs with scenario-based questions
  • Total Questions 60/90/120/150/180
  • Evaluation Skills and competency focused
  • Passing Requirement 70%
  • Exam Mode Online proctored
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