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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

DAY 1

Introduction and Cloud Architecture

  • Defining the concepts of cloud computing
  • Components of the cloud computing stack
  • Cloud reference models and security considerations

Infrastructure Security for Cloud Computing

  • Comprehending the elements of cloud infrastructure
  • Evaluating the security impacts of various deployment models
  • Benefits and drawbacks of virtualization
  • The cloud management plane
  • Security fundamentals across different service models

Managing cloud computing security and risk

  • Risk management and governance
  • Legal and compliance frameworks
  • Auditing processes
  • Portability and interoperability standards
  • Incident response protocols

Data security for cloud

  • Variations in cloud storage models
  • Security challenges related to cloud data
  • Implementing cloud security and governance strategies
  • Applying the data lifecycle to specific use cases
  • Examining data encryption methods

Securing applications and users

  • Application architecture design and the operational lifecycle
  • Analyzing the impact on the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
  • Reviewing application security toolsets
  • Exploring the role of compliance within the cloud

Cloud Risk assessment

  • Adopting cloud computing strategies
  • Migrating legacy applications and systems

Create and secure a public cloud

  • Understanding public IaaS architectures
  • Examining EC2 components
  • Launching and connecting to an initial instance
  • Acquiring skills to secure an instance

DAY 2

Encrypting an EBS volume

  • Rationale for encryption
  • Selecting an appropriate encryption method
  • Provisioning and attaching Amazon EBS
  • Performing encryption and formatting
  • Exploring key management options
  • Understanding the implications of rebooting
  • Attaching encrypted volumes to alternate instances

Identity and access management

  • Securing EC2 instances using AWS IAM
  • Comprehending federated identity architectures
  • Implementing federated identity for applications via OpenID
  • Applying these principles to enterprise production environments

Deploy and secure a Private Cloud

  • Understanding private cloud architecture
  • Reviewing OpenStack components
  • Creating and connecting a compute node
  • Administering OpenStack tenants and IAM
  • Securing the OpenStack management plane
  • Investigating hypervisor security
  • Understanding security automation

Selecting Cloud services

  • Enabling security strategy
  • Choosing a cloud provider
  • Security as a service models
  • Concluding summary and review

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