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Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK & CCSK Plus)

6 Courses
7 Hours
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This series provides the foundational knowledge needed to utilize cloud services more securely and speak with confidence about cloud security concerns. The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge enables you to gain critical insights into topics such as data security, key management, and identity and access management.

Through learning how systems are attacked, you will gain an understanding of how to develop a holistic cloud security program, relative to globally accepted standards, using the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) Security Guidance V.4 and recommendations from ENISA. You will also be introduced to CSA’s governance, risk and compliance tool for the cloud - Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).

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Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK & CCSK Plus)

This series provides the foundational knowledge needed to utilize cloud services more securely and speak with confidence about cloud security concerns. The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge, enables you to gain critical insights into topics such as data security, key management, and identity and access management.

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What You'll Learn
  • Detail governance and enterprise risk management within the cloud
  • Detail compliance and audit management in the cloud
  • Explain how hosting data in the cloud affects information governance
  • Examine the management plane and business continuity within the cloud
  • Employ infrastructure security
  • Detail incident response in the cloud
  • Detail application security in the cloud
  • Employ data security and encryption
  • Employ identity, entitlement, and access management
  • Examine security as a service
Prerequisites
  • There is no official work experience required, however, it is helpful for learners to have a basic understanding of security fundamentals such as firewalls, secure development, encryption, and identity and access management.
Related topics
  • security fundamentals
  • certified cloud security professional
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