Subject-matter expert
Scott Pletcher
Scott Pletcher builds CBT Nuggets training around real cloud computing & cloud security work, so IT leaders can standardize team capability without relying on crowd-sourced course libraries.
Cloud Computing & Cloud Security
15 active courses tied to team training paths
Expert-built content
Named practitioners design the training around real IT operations and certification outcomes.
Team-ready outcomes
Courses are packaged for onboarding, upskilling, and certification readiness.
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Training coverage
Courses that carry Scott Pletcher's expertise into your team plan
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Courses Scott Pletcher teaches
15 courses as the on-camera trainer
AWS
AIP-C01
This expert-level AWS AI training is designed to help you pass the AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional exam (AIP-C01). The course focuses on building, deploying, and operating production-ready generative AI applications using AWS AI services. You’ll work with practical architectures like RAG and agentic AI, manage prompts, and learn how to optimize GenAI systems for cost, performance, and responsible use. Although it's not required, you might want to start with the AWS Certified Data Engineer or Machine Learning Engineer Associate certifications before you attempt this AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional course.
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ANS-C01
This expert AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty (ANS-C01) training prepares cloud infrastructure engineers to design, implement, manage, and secure AWS and hybrid network architectures at scale and in accordance with AWS networking best practices. This ANS-C01 exam prep will help you earn your AWS certification in advanced networking, which represents highly developed skills configuring cloud networks run entirely in AWS or hybrid environments.
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AWS Access Management
This AWS Access Management training covers the access management objectives in the AWS Certified Security certification. The ability to authorize specific users and groups to specific resources is a central AWS security skillset, and this training will make sure you know what AWS is capable of restricting and how.
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AWS Certified Data Engineer - Associate
This entry-level AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate training prepares learners to design, build and manage scalable, secure and efficient data pipelines on AWS.
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AWS Certified Security Specialty
Prepare for the AWS Certified Security Specialty (SCS-C03) certification with expert-led training. Learn to secure AWS environments by managing access controls with IAM Roles Anywhere, protecting data through Amazon Security Lake, and responding to threats using Amazon CodeGuru Security. In this course, you'll cover securing GenAI applications and leveraging Amazon Q Developer alongside advanced networking like AWS Verified Access and Layer 3-7 firewall rules. This course covers essential tools and techniques, including AWS Verified Permissions, to safeguard cloud systems and make you stand out as a candidate for cloud security roles. This AWS training is ideal for cloud administrators and teams looking to enhance security skills or onboard new team members.
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AWS Compliance and Governance
This AWS Compliance and Governance skills training covers the IT governance, risk management, and compliance objectives in the AWS Certified Security certification. Compliance isn’t the most glamorous part of a cloud administrator's job. It’s detail-oriented, painstaking work, and absolutely essential to the well-being and security of your organization. Luckily, AWS actually makes it pretty easy to conduct compliance audits and assessments for AWS-based workloads — if you know how.
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AWS Data Security
This AWS security training course prepares learners to take the data security portion of the AWS Certified Security certification. Open S3 buckets and unencrypted data are only a couple problems you’ll learn to solve in this AWS Data Security training. This AWS skills training prepares learners to secure your data, including data at rest and data in transit, and covers the data security portion of the AWS Certified Security certification exam.
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AWS Machine Learning
Harness the power of AI and put it to work for your company’s needs. Prepare data, train AI and machine learning models, and deploy them securely with this AWS Machine Learning course. You’ll explore AI services like AWS SageMaker and AWS Glue and learn how to apply them in your everyday work. Don’t just study the entire AWS data pipeline — get hands-on with AI tools that simplify, accelerate, and enhance the work you’re already doing in the AWS ecosystem. At the same time, prepare for the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate, a career-advancing credential from the world’s cloud and AI powerhouse.
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AWS Protective Controls
This AWS skills training prepares learners to secure a network with AWS infrastructure, container, and abstracted services, and covers the protective controls portion of the AWS Certified Security certification exam. This AWS protective control training covers a range of topics to help you secure services both deep within the stronghold of your system, like AMI, as well as right on the frontline, like edge hardening against DDoS attacks.
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AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
This intermediate Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) training prepares learners to launch, manage, configure and troubleshoot virtual private cloud networks and resources within the AWS ecosystem of tools and services. Managing, deploying and configuring Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud is, quite simply, a core competency for any cloud administrator. Amazon VPC is a cost-effective way to bring all the power and versatility you're getting from EC2 deployments into the networking layer.
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Beginner AWS Skills
Learn entry-level AWS skills with this cloud services training course, which prepares learners to learn about basic cloud services and terminology. Go from zero AWS experience to firing up your first EC2 instance. Once you're done with this AWS skills training, you'll know how to plan, run, and support AWS EC2-based workloads, and use S3 virtual storage.
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CLF-C02
Kick‑start your cloud journey with AWS Cloud Practitioner training for the CLF‑C02 exam. You’ll discover why organizations move to the cloud, explore the AWS global infrastructure and learn how high availability, elasticity and cost optimization deliver real value. We cover the AWS Well‑Architected Framework, the shared responsibility model and core services – from compute, storage and databases to networking, analytics and AI/ML. You’ll deploy resources using the AWS Management Console, CLI and infrastructure‑as‑code. Understand pricing models, budgeting tools and cost‑management strategies so you can speak confidently about the business side of the cloud. Interactive quizzes and a full practice exam map to the CLF‑C02 blueprint to help you reinforce concepts. Whether you’re pursuing AWS certified cloud practitioner training for career growth or simply exploring cloud fundamentals, this beginner‑friendly study guide will help you confidently pass the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.
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