This course prepares the student to take the ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification exam.
Course Outline:
Chapter 1: Introduction
- Overview of the CCSP Exam
- Notes on This Course’s Organization
Chapter 2: Architectural Concepts
- Business Requirements
- Cloud Evolution, Vernacular, and Definitions
- Cloud Computing Roles and Responsibilities
- Cloud Computing Definitions
- Foundational Concepts of Cloud Computing
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 3: Design Requirements
- Business Requirements Analysis
- Boundaries of Cloud Models
- Design Principles for Protecting Sensitive Data
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 4: Data Classification
- Data Inventory and Discovery
- Jurisdictional Requirements
- Data Rights Management
- Data Control
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 5: Cloud Data Security
- Cloud Data Life Cycle
- Cloud Storage Architectures
- Cloud Data Security Foundational Strategies
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 6: Security in the Cloud
- Shared Cloud Platform Risks and Responsibilities
- Cloud Computing Risks by Deployment and Service Model
- Virtualization
- Cloud Attack Surface
- Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Management (BCM)
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 7: Responsibilities in the Cloud
- Foundations of Managed Services
- Business Requirements
- Shared Responsibilities by Service Type
- Shared Administration of OS, Middleware, or Applications
- Share Responsibilities: Data Access
- Lack of Physical Access
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 8: Cloud Application Security
- Training and Awareness
- Cloud-Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- ISO/IEC 27034-1 Standards for Secure Application Development
- Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Cloud Application Architecture
- Cloud Application Assurance and Validation
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 9: Operations Elements
- Physical/Logical Operations
- Security Training and Awareness
- Basic Operational Application Security
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 10: Operations Management
- Monitoring, Capacity, and Maintenance
- Change and Configuration Management (CM)
- Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR)
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 11: Legal and Compliance Part 1
- Legal Requirements and Unique Risks in the Cloud Environment
- Potential Personal and Data Privacy Issues in the Cloud Environment
- Audit Processes, Methodologies, and Cloud Adaptations
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
Chapter 12: Legal and Compliance Part 2
- The Impact of Diverse Geographical Locations and Legal Jurisdictions
- Business Requirements
- Cloud Contract Design and Management for Outsourcing
- Identifying Appropriate Supply Chain and Vendor Management Processes
- Summary
- Exam Essentials
- Written Labs
All necessary materials are included.
Certification(s):
This course prepares the student to take the ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification exam.