Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Cert Prep
2h 17mIntermediate2025-08-18
Authors

Lyron Andrews

Cloud Security Alliance

Profabula, LLC
Course details
As the commoditization of cloud services gains traction, provider selection options and services continue growing in complexity. To ensure a secure experience while consuming those services, you need to take a holistic approach. The CCSK will give you the knowledge required to develop a cloud security program that meets international standards. The newly updated certificate offers you a chance to prove your skills in Zero Trust, DevSecOps, Cloud Telemetry and Security Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and more. This course covers critical areas of cloud security, including Cloud Computing Concepts, Cloud Governance, Risk, Audit, Compliance, Identity and Access Management, and Security Monitoring. The CCSK certificate equips you with in-depth knowledge and cloud security solutions necessary for securing cloud environments and protecting data, and this course helps prepare you to pursue this certificate.
Skills covered
Cloud SecurityNetwork SecurityCert PrepCybersecurityCloud Computing
Concepts
Introduction
- CCSK introduction and overview
Cloud Computing Concepts and Architectures
- Cloud computing definition
- Cloud service models
- Cloud deployment models
- Reference architecture models
- Cloud security scope responsibilities
Cloud Governance
- Cloud governance
- Cloud governance hierarchy
Risk, Audit, and Compliance
- Cloud risk-management overview
- Assessing cloud services
- Compliance
- Audit inheritance and artifacts
Organization Management
- Organization hierarchy models
- Managing organization-level security
- Considerations for hybrid and multicloud deployments
Identity and Access Management
- Identity and access management terminology
- Federation
- AuthZ and AuthN in the cloud
Security Monitoring
- Security monitoring
- Cloud telemetry sources and architecture
Infrastructure and Networking
- Infrastructure and networking overview
- Cloud network security and secure architectures
Cloud Workload Security
- Introduction to cloud workload security
- Securing containers
- Securing serverless and function as a service (FaaS)
- Threats to AI workloads
- AI workload risk mitigation
Data Security
- Cloud storage
- Data security tools and techniques
- Cloud data key management strategies
Application Security
- Secure design and architecture
- Secure coding, continuous build, integration, and testing
- Continuous delivery and deployment
- Runtime defense and monitoring
Incident Response and Resilience
- Definition of incident and related terms
- Incident preparation
- Incident detection and analysis
- Containment, eradication, recovery, and postanalysis
Related Technologies and Strategies
- Zero Trust technical objectives
- AI as a service (AIaaS)