• Online, Self-Paced

In this course, you will learn about the concepts and tasks involved in securing microservices.

Learning Objectives

Managing Microservices Security

  • start the course
  • describe the standard approach to securing microservices
  • list the principles driving security with DevOps
  • specify the application level security of microservices
  • enable secure service-to-service communication with microservices
  • describe the role of JSON JWT in a security implementation
  • validate JWT in a security implementation
  • demonstrate the process of identifying the user
  • illustrate the steps of TLS mutual authentication
  • identify the various types of certificate revocation
  • describe the approach of using short-lived certificates
  • describe edge security and demonstrate the implementation of edge security
  • list and describe the security considerations to secure microservices

Practice: Apply Security in Microservices

  • identify and perform basic security

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

  • Software Development
  • Systems Development

Specialty Areas have been removed from the NICE Framework. With the recent release of the new NICE Framework data, updates to courses are underway. Until this course can be updated, this historical information is provided to give better context as to how it can help you with your cybersecurity goals.

Feedback

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