Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge Training Course

DAY 1

Introduction and Cloud Architecture

• Defining cloud computing
• Components of the cloud computing stack
• Cloud reference models and security

Infrastructure Security for Cloud Computing

• Understanding cloud infrastructure components
• Evaluating security implications of various deployment models
• Benefits and drawbacks of virtualization
• The cloud management plane
• Security fundamentals across different service models

Managing cloud computing security and risk

• Risk management and governance
• Legal and compliance considerations
• Auditing processes
• Portability and interoperability
• Incident response strategies

Data security for cloud

• Variations in cloud storage models
• Security challenges for data in the cloud
• Addressing cloud security and governance
• Applying data lifecycle concepts to use cases
• Discussion on data encryption

Securing applications and users

• Application architecture design and operational lifecycle
• Impact on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Review of application security tools
• The role of compliance in the cloud

Cloud Risk assessment

• Adopting cloud computing
• Migrating existing applications and systems

Create and secure a public cloud

• Understanding public IaaS architectures
• Reviewing EC2 components
• Launching and connecting to a first instance
• Learning methods to secure an instance

DAY 2

Encrypting an EBS volume

• Rationale for encryption
• Selecting an appropriate method
• Creating and attaching Amazon EBS
• Encryption and formatting processes
• Understanding key management options
• Understanding the effects of rebooting
• Attaching an encrypted volume to another instance

Identity and access management

• Securing EC2 using AWS IAM
• Understanding federated identity architectures
• Implementing federated identity for applications using OpenID
• Applying these principles in enterprise production environments

Deploy and secure a Private Cloud

• Understanding private cloud architecture
• Reviewing OpenStack components
• Creating and connecting a compute node
• Managing OpenStack tenants and IAM
• Securing the OpenStack management plane
• Investigating hypervisor security
• Understanding security automation

Selecting Cloud services

• Enabling a security strategy
• Selecting a cloud provider
• Security as a service
• Summary and review