CCSK Cert Prep: 2 Infrastructure Security for Cloud
1h 41mAdvanced2021-02-10
Authors

Daniel Lachance
Consultant, Trainer, Author, and Editor at Lachance IT Consulting
Course details
Cloud-based services should be secured with common practices such as hardening, disaster recovery planning, periodic security testing, and the use of encryption. Instructor Daniel Lachance goes over software-defined networking (SDN), cloud network infrastructure security, cloud application workload security, and business continuity in the cloud. Daniel begins with an overview of SDN and shows you how to create a virtual private cloud (VPC). He explains how to configure VPC peering, which links cloud-based networks. Daniel describes how to manage access control lists (ACLs) and how to configure a virtual private network (VPN). He reviews ways to manage cloud resources remotely over the Internet. Daniel explains identity and access management (IAM) policies. He discusses how to conduct a business impact analysis and craft disaster recovery policies, then concludes with an explanation of cloud backups and how you can use them to protect workloads and data on-premises.
Skills covered
Cloud SecurityAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCert PrepCloud Computing
Concepts
Introduction
- Infrastructure security
- What you should know
Software-Defined Networking
- Software-defined networking (SDN) overview
- Creating a virtual private cloud (VPC)
- Configuring SDN routing
- Peered VPC connections
- Configuring VPC peering
Cloud Network Infrastructure Security
- Network security access control lists (ACLs)
- Managing network ACLs
- Virtual private networks (VPNs) and the cloud
- Configuring a cloud Client-to-Site VPN
- Secure cloud management strategies
- Securing cloud administration
Cloud Application Workload Security
- Common application attacks
- Identity and access management (IAM)
- Configuring IAM to support application security
- Protecting data at rest in the cloud
- Serverless and containerized applications
- Enabling HTTPS web application bindings
Business Continuity in the Cloud
- Cloud disaster recovery planning
- Multiregion cloud resource deployments
- Enabling application load balancing
- Enabling cloud backup and restore
Conclusion
- Next steps