• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

Explore security solutions related to securing cloud-based IT systems and data including jump boxes and firewalls in this 13-video course. Discover how disaster recovery concepts such as RTO (recovery time objective) and RPO (recovery point objective) apply to the cloud. This course prepares learners for the (ISC)2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam. Examine Internal Information Security Management and Security Control Systems, cryptography, and encryption of cloud-hosted assets. Learn about access control for cloud-hosted assets, asset removal, and storage media sanitization. Explore cloud network security issues and solutions such as firewall access control lists (ACLs). Learn how a jump box limits direct cloud virtual machine access. Capture traffic in a Microsoft Azure cloud computing environment, and deploy a Microsoft Azure Firewall. Look at security in virtualized environments, including infrastructure and data threats and platform-specific security responsibilities. Examine the security-based lifecycle of cloud-hosted assets and business continuity and disaster recovery concepts such as RTO and RPO and cloud functional security. Finally, learners view methodologies for mapping cloud service requirements to service provider certification and product certifications.

Learning Objectives

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Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Specialty Areas

  • Cyber Defense Infrastructure Support
  • Cybersecurity Management
  • Executive Cyber Leadership
  • Systems Architecture
  • Threat Analysis
  • Vulnerability Assessment and Management

Feedback

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