Cloud Security Management

This in-depth course will take you on a refresher through the details of architectural concepts and design requirements. Beginning with a quick definition and domain review, the course looks at cloud service providers versus managed service providers, key cloud computing characteristics and service categories, identity and access management (IAM), the OWASP top ten vulnerability list, information and data governance, common criteria evaluation assurance levels and much more. Includes vocabulary and examples.

Cloud application security comes with its own unique set of challenges and complexities. In this course, you’ll re-familiarize yourself with cloud application security and what you can expect when trying to secure this kind of environment. Beginning with cloud development considerations and basics, you’ll look at common pitfalls, the software development life cycle process for a cloud environment, cloud-specific risks, threat modeling, multifactor authentication, cryptography, application security testing and much, much more.

The platform and infrastructure aren’t the only parts of a cloud system needing security. This course will assist you in reviewing and deepening your understanding of cloud data security. Beginning with the six phases of the data life cycle, you’ll move on to location and access of data, storage types, data security technologies, data privacy acts (including certain international regulations), mapping and definition of controls, the Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix and more. Includes vocabulary and diagrams.