Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Cert Prep

Course details

As the commoditization of cloud services gains traction, provider selection options and services continue growing in complexity. To ensure a secure experience while consuming those services, you need to take a holistic approach. The CCSK will give you the knowledge required to develop a cloud security program that meets international standards. The newly updated certificate offers you a chance to prove your skills in Zero Trust, DevSecOps, Cloud Telemetry and Security Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and more. This course covers critical areas of cloud security, including Cloud Computing Concepts, Cloud Governance, Risk, Audit, Compliance, Identity and Access Management, and Security Monitoring. The CCSK certificate equips you with in-depth knowledge and cloud security solutions necessary for securing cloud environments and protecting data, and this course helps prepare you to pursue this certificate.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - CCSK introduction and overview

1. Cloud Computing Concepts and Architectures

02 - Cloud computing definition
03 - Cloud service models
04 - Cloud deployment models
05 - Reference architecture models
06 - Cloud security scope responsibilities

2. Cloud Governance

07 - Cloud governance
08 - Cloud governance hierarchy

3. Risk, Audit, and Compliance

09 - Cloud risk-management overview
10 - Assessing cloud services
11 - Compliance
12 - Audit inheritance and artifacts

4. Organization Management

13 - Organization hierarchy models
14 - Managing organization-level security
15 - Considerations for hybrid and multicloud deployments

5. Identity and Access Management

16 - Identity and access management terminology
17 - Federation
18 - AuthZ and AuthN in the cloud

6. Security Monitoring

19 - Security monitoring
20 - Cloud telemetry sources and architecture

7. Infrastructure and Networking

21 - Infrastructure and networking overview
22 - Cloud network security and secure architectures

8. Cloud Workload Security

23 - Introduction to cloud workload security
24 - Securing containers
25 - Securing serverless and function as a service (FaaS)
26 - Threats to AI workloads
27 - AI workload risk mitigation

9. Data Security

28 - Cloud storage
29 - Data security tools and techniques
30 - Cloud data key management strategies

10. Application Security

31 - Secure design and architecture
32 - Secure coding, continuous build, integration, and testing
33 - Continuous delivery and deployment
34 - Runtime defense and monitoring

11. Incident Response and Resilience

35 - Definition of incident and related terms
36 - Incident preparation
37 - Incident detection and analysis
38 - Containment, eradication, recovery, and postanalysis

12. Related Technologies and Strategies

39 - Zero Trust technical objectives
40 - AI as a service (AIaaS)

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Cert Prep

Authors

Lyron Andrews

Cloud Security Alliance

Profabula, LLC