This course equips professionals in the following areas of cloud security:

• Fundamental cloud security concepts including IAM, encryption, key management, and password management
• The shared security responsibility models, features, and control evaluation of cloud service providers
• Security management of the cloud platform (PaaS), infrastructure (IaaS), and software (SaaS) platforms
• Cloud data security
• Cloud operation security, i.e., monitoring the security of the cloud
• Cloud penetration testing, its scope, and legal permissions
• Incident detection and response in cloud environment
• Cloud forensics and challenges
• Disaster recovery and business continuity for cloud environments
• Vendor specific Cloud standards, compliance, policies, and legal issues

Certified Cloud Security Engineer (CCSE)v1 Outline

Module 01 Introduction to Cloud Security

• LO#01: Understand Cloud Computing Fundamentals
• LO#02: Understand Cloud Security Objectives and Issues
• LO#03: Understanding Cloud Security Insights
• LO#04: Evaluate CSPs for Security before Consuming a Cloud Service
• LO#05: Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Amazon Cloud (AWS)
• LO#06: Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Microsoft Azure Cloud
• LO#07: Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Module 02: Platform and Infrastructure Security in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• LO#02: Understand the Risks and Threats Associated with Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• LO#03: Learn how to Secure the Key Components of Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• LO#04: Learn how to Design a Secure Data Center in Cloud
• LO#05: Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in AWS
• LO#06: Learn how to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in AWS
• LO#07: Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in GCP
• LO#08: Learn how to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Google
• LO#09: Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Microsoft Azure
• LO#10: Learn to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Microsoft Azure

Module 03 Application Security in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand Cloud Application Security
• LO#02: Discuss cloud application security risks
• LO#03: Understand Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) of Cloud Applications
• LO#04: Understand DevOps and Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
• LO#05: Discuss cloud application security controls
• LO#06: Understand Application Security Features in AWS
• LO#07: Learn How to Implement Application Security in AWS
• LO#08: Understand Application Security Features in Azure
• LO#09: Learn How to Implement Application Security in Azure
• LO#10: Understand Application Security Features in GCP
• LO#11: Learn How to Implement Application Security in GCP

Module 04 Data Security in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand Data Security in Cloud
• LO#02: Discuss cloud data storage fundamentals
• LO#03: Understand the cloud storage architecture and life cycle phases
• LO#04: Evaluate the risks, attacks, and issues in cloud data storage
• LO#05: Understand data security strategies and technologies in the cloud
• LO# 06: Discuss Information Rights management Systems
• LO# 07: Discuss Data retention and archiving strategies
• LO#08: Discuss Storage and Analysis of Data events
• LO#09: Understand storage services in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
• LO#10: Learn how to implement data security in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
• LO#11: Understand storage services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• LO#12: Learn how to implement data security in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• LO#13: Understand storage services in Microsoft Azure
• LO#14: Learn how to implement data security in Microsoft Azure

Module 05 Security Operations in Cloud

• LO#01: Discuss cloud security operations
• LO#02: Understand elements (standards and methods) in cloud data center physical/logical Operations
• LO#03: Learn Security Operations to Build Cloud Infrastructure
• LO#04: Learn How to Perform Security Operations for Cloud Infrastructures
• LO#05: Learn Security Operations to Manage Cloud Infrastructure
• LO#06: Discuss Security Configurations Management for Cloud Infrastructure
• LO#07: Learn to Monitor Security Operations for Cloud Infrastructure
• LO#08: Understand security operations in Microsoft Azure
• LO#09: Learn to implement security operations in Microsoft Azure
• LO#10: Understand security operations in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
• LO#11: Learn to implement security operations in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
• LO#12: Understand security operations in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• LO#13: Learn to implement security operations in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Module 06: Penetration Testing in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand the scope of cloud penetration testing
• LO#02: Learn generic penetration testing steps in the cloud
• LO#03: Learn AWS-specific penetration testing steps
• LO#04: Learn Azure-specific penetration testing steps
• LO#05: Learn GCP-specific penetration testing steps

Module 07: Incident Response in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand Cloud Incident Response
• LO#02: Understand Cloud Incident Response Lifecycle
• LO#03: Understand How SOAR Accelerates Incident Response
• LO#05: Discuss AWS Investigation and Detection Tools
• LO#06: Discuss Security Incident Response in Microsoft Azure Cloud
• LO#07: Discuss Security Incident Response in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Module 08 Forensic Investigation in Cloud

• LO#01: Discuss cloud forensics
• LO#02: Learn how to investigate security incidents in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• LO#03: Learn how to investigate security incidents in Microsoft Azure
• LO#04: Learn how to investigate security incidents in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Module 09: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Cloud

• LO#01: Discuss Cloud Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
• LO#02: Learn to Design Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud
• LO#03: Learn to Architect Recovery and Resilience in AWS
• LO#04: Learn to Implement Recovery and Resilience in AWS
• LO#05: Understand Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Azure
• LO#06: Learn Disaster Recovery Configurations in Azure
• LO#07: Learn to Implement BC/DR with Azure SQL Database
• LO#08: Learn to Configure BCDR for Azure Stack Edge VPN
• LO#09: Understand Various Disaster Recovery Scenarios in Azure
• LO#10: Learn to Implement BCDR in Azure
• LO#11: Discuss Azure Partner Solutions for BCDR
• LO#12: Discuss BC/DR in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• LO#13: Discuss GCP Resources for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
• LO#14: Understand Disaster Recovery for Data in GCP
• LO#15: Understand Disaster Recovery for Applications in GCP
• LO#16: Learn to Architect DR for Cloud Infrastructure Outages
• LO#17: Learn to Implement BCDR in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• LO#18: Discuss Partners Solutions for Implementing BCDR in GCP

Module 10: Governance, Risk management, and Compliance in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand GRC in the Cloud
• LO#02: Discuss Cloud Governance
• LO#03: Learn to Implement and Maintain Governance for Cloud Computing
• LO#04: Discuss Risk management in the Cloud
• LO#05: Discuss Risk Management Framework and Process in the Cloud
• LO#06: Understand Cloud Compliance
• LO#07: Learn to Implement GRC in the cloud
• LO#08: Understand GRC in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• LO#09: Understand GRC in Azure
• LO#10: Understand GRC in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Module 11: Standards, Policies and Legal Issues in Cloud

• LO#01: Understand Laws Impacting Cloud Computing
• LO#02: Learn the Cloud Computing Standards
• LO#03: Describe the Legal Frameworks for Data Protection and Privacy
• LO#04: Learn Audit Planning and Reporting in the Cloud
• LO#05: Describe Outsourcing and Vendor Management
• LO#06: Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in AWS
• LO#07: Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in Azure
• LO#08: Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in GCP