CCSP Cert Prep: 5 Cloud Security Operations

Course details

The omnipresence of cloud computing in the business world has created a high demand for cybersecurity professionals with cloud expertise. Earning the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification demonstrates that you have the skills needed to help businesses secure information and systems that used to live on site. In this course, learn how security operations function in the world of cloud computing as you prepare for the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam. This course covers the fifth domain of that exam: Cloud Security Operations. Mike Chapple demonstrates how to build, operate, and manage the physical and logical infrastructure required to support cloud computing. Plus, learn about digital forensics and the incident response process.

Note: This course is designed to cover the most recent version of the CCSP exam, released in August 2022.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Cloud security operations
02 - What you need to know
03 - Study resources

1. Physical and Logical Infrastructure

04 - Hardware security configuration
05 - Hardware security modules
06 - Virtualization security configuration

2. Secure Infrastructure Operations

07 - Securing local and remote access
08 - Security zones
09 - Building lines of communication

4. Network Security

18 - Firewalls
19 - Network security groups
20 - VPNs and VPN concentrators
21 - Network intrusion detection and prevention
22 - Zero trust networking

5. Security Baselines and Standards

23 - Developing security baselines
24 - Leveraging industry standards
25 - Customizing security standards
26 - Host availability

6. Monitoring

27 - Performance and capacity monitoring
28 - Managing an SOC
29 - The ITIL model

7. Threat and Vulnerability Management

30 - What is vulnerability management
31 - Analyzing scan reports
32 - Correlating scan results
33 - Penetration testing
34 - Deception technologies

8. Incident Management

35 - Building an incident response program
36 - Creating an incident response team
37 - Incident communications plan
38 - Incident identification
39 - Escalation and notification
40 - Mitigation
41 - Containment techniques
42 - Incident eradication and recovery
43 - Validation
44 - Post-incident activities
45 - Incident response exercises

9. Investigations and Forensics

46 - Conducting investigations
47 - Evidence types
48 - Digital forensics
49 - Chain of custody

What's Next

50 - Continuing your CCSP certification journey

CCSP Cert Prep: 5 Cloud Security Operations

Authors

Mike Chapple