Course Number: 6001
Length: 3 Days
Cloud Security Training Crash Course
Cloud Security Training Boot Camp by Tonex is a 3-day course that covers the essential elements of cloud security.
Participants learn about stored data confidentiality, cloud provider operations, identity and access management in the cloud, availability management as well as privacy.
Organizations need to constantly update their cloud security protection because cyber criminals are rapidly adapting theirs.
One cloud security trend gaining momentum in 2024 is cybersecurity mesh architecture (CSMA), a collaborative ecosystem of tools and controls to secure a modern, distributed enterprise.
CSMA builds on a strategy of integrating composable, distributed security tools by centralizing the data and control plane to achieve more effective collaboration between tools.
Outcomes include enhanced capabilities for detection, more efficient responses, consistent policy, posture and playbook management, and more adaptive and granular access control — all of which lead to better security.
One of the challenges organizations face in traditional cybersecurity strategies is security tool sprawl. Over the years, organizations relying on defense-in-depth strategy have acquired and implemented many security tools over the years to address specific, in some cases outdated threats and vulnerabilities.
In order to keep data safe in the cloud, the landscape of cloud security is continuously evolving.
One popular cloud security trend is Zero Trust, which involves a policy of never trusting and always verifying the authenticity and privileges of devices and users, no matter where they are in the network. Implementing zero trust hinges on network access control (NAC) systems and the segmentation of your network according to the areas you most need to protect.
The benefits of deploying Zero Trust for the cloud include:
- Better visibility into data, assets and risks
- Consistent and comprehensive security
- Speed and agility to stay ahead of evolving technologies
- Reduced operational cost and complexity
Experts in this area also advise that companies looking to secure accounts with access to cloud services should segregate privileged administrative access from user accounts, use strong passwords and multifactor authentication and automate patch management of systems and applications.
Additionally, encrypting data at rest and in transit further enhances the security of cloud environments. All told, these practices can help companies optimize costs, improve performance and maintain business continuity in the event of service disruptions or outages.
Proper configuration is another important practice when it comes to cloud security. It’s no secret that cloud data breaches come from basic vulnerabilities such as misconfiguration errors. By preventing them, you are vastly decreasing your cloud security risk.
Cloud Security Training Crash Course by Tonex
Cloud Security Training Boot Camp by Tonex provides technical details on information, data, and storage security in the cloud. All aspects of authentication, confidentiality, integrity, availability and security risks and mitigations are covered.
IaaS/PaaS/SaaS (SPI) for infrastructure, platform, software as a service model, and security as service aspects are discussed. The course addresses stored data confidentiality, cloud provider operations, identity and access management in the cloud, availability management as well as privacy.
Tonex Cloud Security Training Crash Course in boot camp style is an intensive, 3-day learning experience that covers the essential elements of cloud security. Boot camps are ideal for busy professionals who want to stay current in their fields but have limited time to be away from the office.
All boot camps include:
- Experienced instructors including senior technology leaders, project managers, technical authors, engineers, educators, consultants, course developers, and CTOs.
- Real life examples and practices.
- Small class size.
- Personalized instructor mentoring.
- Pre-training discussions.
- Ongoing post-training support via e-mail, phone and WebEx.
Cloud Security Training Crash Course
Who Should Attend
Ideal for IT professionals, information security and privacy practitioners, business managers, and service providers, this course offers you detailed information on cloud computing security.
Objectives
- Review the current state of data security and storage in the cloud, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability
- Learn about the identity and access management (IAM) practice for authentication, authorization, and auditing of the users accessing cloud services
- Discover which security management frameworks and standards are relevant for the cloud
- Understand the privacy aspects you need to consider in the cloud, including how they compare with traditional computing models
- Learn the importance of audit and compliance functions within the cloud, and the various standards and frameworks to consider
- Examine security delivered as a service -- a different facet of cloud security
Outline
Introduction to Cloud Computing
- What Is Cloud Computing?
- Cloud Deployment Models
- Cloud Computing Reference Architecture
- Technical Description of Cloud
- Layers
- Clients
- Applications
- Platforms
- Infrastructure
- Servers
- Building Cloud Networks
- Virtualization Overview
- Federation, Presence, Security, and Privacy in the Cloud
- Cloud Computing Standards and Best Practices
- Deployment models
- Public Cloud
- Security and Access Control
- Managing End-User Access to Cloud Computing'
- Assets supported by the cloud
- Data
- Applications
- Functions
- Processes
Cloud computing Security Framework
- Security issues associated with the cloud
- Dimensions of cloud security
- Infrastructure Security
- Security and privacy
- Data Security and Storage
- Identity and Access Management
- Security Management in the Cloud
- Physical and personnel security
- Availability
- Application security
- Privacy
- Audit and Compliance
- Business continuity and data recovery
- Logs and audit trails
- Unique compliance requirements
- Legal and contractual issues
Cloud Security Reference Model
- Types of assets, resources, and information being managed
- Who manages them and how
- Which controls are selected and how they are integrated
- Compliance issues
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Introduction to Cloud Computing
- Defining cloud computing
- Delivering services from the cloud
- Building a Business Case
- Calculating the financial implications
- Preserving business continuity
- Migrating to the Cloud
- Technical considerations
- Planning the migration
- Access Control in Cloud
- Exploiting Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Exploiting Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Exploiting Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Accessing IaaS
Overview of Cloud Security Risks
- Loss of Governance
- Lock-In
- Isolation Failure
- Compliance Risks
- Management Interface Compromise
- Data Protection
- Insecure or Incomplete Data Deletion
- Malicious Insider
- Redundancy / Disaster Recovery
- Network management
- Modifying network traffic
- Privilege escalation
- Social engineering attacks (i.e., impersonation)
- Loss or compromise of operational logs
- Loss or compromise of security logs (manipulation of forensic investigation)
- Backups lost, stolen
- Unauthorized access to premises (including physical access to machines and other facilities)
- Theft of computer equipment
- Natural disasters
- Vulnerabilities
- Vulnerabilities not specific to the cloud
General Cloud Security Challenges
- Email and Web Security
- Granular Email and Web Controls
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
- Real-time Transaction Level Reporting
- Trusting vendor’s security model
- Customer inability to respond to audit findings
- Obtaining support for investigations
- Indirect administrator accountability
- Proprietary implementations can’t be examined
- Loss of physical control
- Securing Cloud Provisioning Services
- Securing Cloud Data Storage Services
- Securing Cloud Processing Infrastructure
- Securing Cloud Support Services
- Cloud Network and Perimeter Security
- Distributed DoS protection
- VLAN capabilities
- Perimeter security (IDS, firewall, authentication)
- Virtual zoning with application mobility
Cloud Security Control Model
- Applications
- Data and Information
- Management
- Network
- Trusted Computing
- Compute and storage
- Physical
- Compliance Model
- Security as a Service
- Managing Identity in the Cloud
- Securing Public Clouds
- Securing Private Clouds
- Securing Community Clouds
- Securing Hybrid Clouds
- Data Center Operations
- Incident Response
- Encryption and Key Management
- Identity, Entitlement, and Access Management
- Virtualization
- Security as a Service
Governing in the Cloud
- Governance and Enterprise Risk Management
- Legal Issues: Contracts and Electronic Discovery
- Compliance and Audit Management
- Information Management and Data Security
- Interoperability and Portability
- Infrastructure Security
- The Network Level
- The Host Level
- The Application Level
- Data Security and Storage
- Aspects of Data Security
- Data Security Mitigation
- Provider Data and its Security
- Risk assessment
- Risk assessment process
- Policy and organizational risks
- Loss of governance
Tonex Cloud Security Recommendations and Road maps
- Identity and Access Management
- Trust Boundaries and IAM
- Cloud Authorization Management
- Cloud Service Provider IAM Practice
- Security Management in the Cloud
- Availability Management
- Access Control
- Security Vulnerability, Patch, and Configuration Management
- Privacy
- S. Laws and Regulations
- International Laws and Regulations
- Audit and Compliance
- Internal Policy Compliance
- Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC)
- Auditing the Cloud for Compliance
- Security-As-a-[Cloud] Service
- Key Control Areas
- Contraindications
- Resistance Against Threats
- Control Details
Cloud Security Training Crash Course