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CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

The CCSK certificate is highly regarded as the benchmark for cloud security expertise. It provides a comprehensive and unbiased understanding of how to effectively secure data in the cloud.

Total Duration
24 Hours
Level
Beginner / Intermediate
Category
Cybersecurity
Partner
CSA Cloud Security Alliance
About this course

About this course

CCSK course provides IT leaders, practitioners, support staff, and staff interface with the organization's digital and information systems functions with a practical understanding of the key concepts, common language, principles, and practices that enable successful management of modern IT-enabled services.

After completing this training, students will be well prepared for the CCSK certification exam, sponsored by Cloud Security Alliance.

Target Audience

IT security experts who want to enhance their cloud security skills
Security analysts and administrators that monitor and secure cloud-based systems.
Network and systems administrators that work with cloud, hybrid, or multi-cloud systems.
DevOps or DevSecOps experts who are keen on integrating security in cloud application development/deployment.
professionals preparing to the CCSK certification

Prerequisites

There is no official experience required
However it is highly recommended that participants have a basic understanding of security fundamentals

Course Outline

  • Introduction to Cloud Computing
  • Cloud Computing Models
  • Reference and Architecture Models
  • Cloud Security Scope and Responsibilities
  • Cloud Governance
  • Effective Cloud Governance
  • The Governance Hierarchy
  • Key Strategies and Concepts
  • Cloud Risk Management
  • Compliance and Audit
  • Governance, Risk and Compliance Tools
  • Organization Hierarchy Models
  • Managing Organization-Level Security Within a Provider
  • Considerations for Hybrid
  • Multi-Cloud Deployments
  • Identity and Access Management
  • Strong Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Policy Types
  • Least Privilege and Automation
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Cloud Telemetry Sources
  • Collection Architectures
  • Security Analytics
  • Generative AI for Security Monitoring
Cloud Infrastructure Security Cloud Network Fundamentals Cloud Connectivity Zero Trust and SASE
  • Secure virtual machines, containers and serverless workloads
  • AI workloads Virtual Machines
  • Securing Containers
  • PaaS Security
  • Securing Serverless or Function as a Service
  • Data Classification and Storage Types
  • Securing Specific Cloud Workload Types
  • Securing Specific Storage Types
  • Secure Software Development Lifecycle
  • Architecture's Role in Secure Cloud Applications
  • Application Security
  • DevSecOps
  • CI/CD & Application Testing
  • Containerized and Serverless
  • SaaS Application Considerations
  • Develop cloud incident response processes
  • Prepare for, detect, analyses and recover from security incidents
  • Perform post-incident analysis
  • Improve organizational resilience.
  • Explore Zero Trust and artificial intelligence strategies
  • Configure core cloud account security
  • Complete practical labs covering identity management, networking, encryption, application security, and cloud risk assessment
Learning outcomes

What you'll learn

Understanding cloud computing concepts and architectures.
Developing cloud governance models and compliance strategies.
Assessing risks related to cloud service providers.
Organizing and managing cloud environment with a security and tenancy focus.
Establishing solid controls of identity and access management.
Using advanced cloud security monitoring techniques and tools.
Securing cloud infrastructure and network configuration.
Securing various cloud workloads via dedicated security approaches.
Understanding basics of cloud data security and applying advanced cloud data security techniques.
Creating and managing cloud-specific incident response plans.
Analyzing cloud security problems via advanced technologies and methodologies.

Skills you'll learn

12 skills
Cloud Security Architecture
Cloud Governance
Compliance Management
Security Monitoring
Cloud Infrastructure Security
Serverless Security
Cloud Data Security
Application Security
DevSecOps and CI/CD Security
Cloud Incident Response

Certificate

  • Attendance Certificate from CLS Learning Solutions
  • This course enables you to pass CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge Exam
CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge

Potential Career Paths

Cloud Security Analyst
Cloud Security Architect
Cloud Governance
Cloud Security Engineer
Cloud Compliance Specialist
DevSecOps Engineer
Information Security Analyst