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DAY 1

Introduction and Cloud Architecture

  • Definition of cloud computing
  • Components of the cloud computing stack
  • Cloud reference model and security

Infrastructure Security for Cloud Computing

  • Understanding the components of cloud infrastructure
  • Evaluating security implications of deployment models
  • Advantages and disadvantages of virtualization
  • Cloud management plane
  • Security basics for different service models

Managing Cloud Computing Security and Risk

  • Risk and governance
  • Legal and compliance
  • Auditing
  • Portability and interoperability
  • Incident response

Data Security for Cloud

  • Different cloud storage models
  • Security issues concerning data in the cloud
  • Addressing cloud security and governance
  • Applying lifecycle management to use cases
  • Discussion on data encryption

Securing Applications and Users

  • Application architecture design and operations lifecycle
  • Impact on SDLC
  • Examination of application security tools
  • Role of compliance in the Cloud

Cloud Risk Assessment

  • Adopting cloud computing
  • Migrating existing apps and systems

Create and Secure a Public Cloud

  • Understanding public IaaS architectures
  • Review of EC2 components
  • Launching and connecting to your first instance
  • Securing your instance

DAY 2

Encrypting an EBS Volume

  • Reasons for encryption
  • Selection of encryption methods
  • Creation and attachment of Amazon EBS
  • Encryption and formatting
  • Understanding key management options
  • Effects of rebooting
  • Attaching encrypted volumes to other instances

Identity and Access Management

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

Deploy and Secure a Private Cloud

  • Understanding private cloud architecture
  • Review of OpenStack components
  • Creation and connection of a compute node
  • Management of OpenStack tenants and IAM
  • Securing the OpenStack management plane
  • Investigation of hypervisor security
  • Understanding security automation

Selecting Cloud Services

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