IBM Cloud for Financial Services Specialty

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Learning objectives

Ibm cloud for financial services:
Define the purpose, program elements, and benefits of ibm cloud for financial services
Outline the target clients for cloud service providers
Define the key market segments of the banking and insurance industry
Distinguish between the various challenges within the banking and insurance industry
Components, risk, and compliance:
Identify how ibm cloud for financial services uses the define-implement-assess model to meet regulatory requirements
Review the purpose and benefits of the ibm cloud framework for financial services, fs validation, and the security and compliance center
Define the various regulatory guidelines and industry standards that ensure financial compliance
Review the forms of risk and risk mitigation strategies within ibm cloud for financial services ecosystem
Customer workload environment:
Identify approaches, considerations, and dependencies of application migration and modernization
Assess design and implementation principles for architecting an application related to financial services
Articulate the value of ibm tools that support customer workload environments

Technical solution design:
Differentiate between the three main reference architectures available to fs cloud enterprises
Identify architecture building blocks used in fs cloud deployable architectures
Identify the benefits of cloud hyper protect crypto services (hpcs) to fs cloud clients
Implementation considerations:
Identify the purpose and benefits of enterprise account management
Recall the benefits and requirements for financial services validation
Understand how devsecops principles, continuous integration, and code risk analyzer help during implementation
Compliance, slos, and slas:
Identify the challenges within the financial services sector and how ibm security and compliance center helps to achieve compliance
Distinguish between the various tools that help with monitoring security and compliance
Review the importance of service level agreements and how they play a role into system availability
Identify the three support tiers within ibm cloud

Ibm cloud for financial services:
Define the purpose, program elements, and benefits of ibm cloud for financial services
Outline the target clients for cloud service providers
Define the key market segments of the banking and insurance industry
Distinguish between the various challenges within the banking and insurance industry
Components, risk, and compliance:
Identify how ibm cloud for financial services uses the define-implement-assess model to meet regulatory requirements
Review the purpose and benefits of the ibm cloud framework for financial services, fs validation, and the security and compliance center
Define the various regulatory guidelines and industry standards that ensure financial compliance
Review the forms of risk and risk mitigation strategies within ibm cloud for financial services ecosystem
Customer workload environment:
Identify approaches, considerations, and dependencies of application migration and modernization
Assess design and implementation principles for architecting an application related to financial services
Articulate the value of ibm tools that support customer workload environments
Technical solution design:
Differentiate between the three main reference architectures available to fs cloud enterprises
Identify architecture building blocks used in fs cloud deployable architectures
Identify the benefits of cloud hyper protect crypto services (hpcs) to fs cloud clients
Implementation considerations:
Identify the purpose and benefits of enterprise account management
Recall the benefits and requirements for financial services validation
Understand how devsecops principles, continuous integration, and code risk analyzer help during implementation
Compliance, slos, and slas:
Identify the challenges within the financial services sector and how ibm security and compliance center helps to achieve compliance
Distinguish between the various tools that help with monitoring security and compliance
Review the importance of service level agreements and how they play a role into system availability
Identify the three support tiers within ibm cloud

Syllabus

Customer Workload Environment

Module 4: Technical Solution Design

Module 1: IBM Cloud for Financial Services

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Activities

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Review the terms and concepts within Financial services

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This will help you strengthen your understanding to build upon when the course begins.

Browse courses on Financial Services

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Create a mind map or drawing which outlines the key terms, products, and concepts related to financial services.
Make note of any financial service offerings you know or have used.

Build a basic IBM Cloud for Financial Service Architecture

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This will help you gain experience with IBM Cloud by building a basic architecture.

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Find an existing architectural diagram for IBM Cloud for Financial Services.
Locate a tutorial on how to set up IBM Cloud for Financial Services.
Implement the tutorial and develop the basic architecture.
Modify the architecture and write notes on the changes and enhancements you make.

Practice questions on IBM Cloud for Financial Services.

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Answering practice questions will help you build a stronger understanding and prepare for the exam.

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Locate practice questions for the IBM Cloud for Financial Services Exam.
Set a timer to mimic real testing conditions.
Answer the practice questions and review your answers.

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Discuss Implementation Considerations in IBM Cloud for Financial Services with Peers

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This will give you a chance to hear different perspectives and deepen your understanding.

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Find a peer who has also taken or is enrolled in the course.
Choose a specific topic in the Implementation Considerations module to focus on.
Research the topic on your own to come prepared.
Discuss your findings with your peer.
Reflect on the discussion.