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 elements
• Evaluating security impacts of deployment models
• Pros and cons of virtualization
• Cloud management plane
• Security fundamentals across different service models

Managing cloud computing security and risk

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

Data security for cloud

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

Securing applications and users

• Application architecture design and operational lifecycle
• Impact on the SDLC
• Review of application security tools
• The role of compliance in the Cloud

Cloud Risk assessment

• Adopting cloud computing solutions
• Migrating existing applications and systems

Create and secure a public cloud

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

DAY 2

Encrypting an EBS volume

• Rationale for encryption
• Selecting an encryption method
• Creating and attaching Amazon EBS
• Encryption and formatting procedures
• Key management options
• Implications of system reboots
• 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 enterprise production environments

Deploy and secure a Private Cloud

• Understanding private cloud architecture
• Review of 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 security strategy
• Choosing a cloud provider
• Security as a service
• Summary and review