Multi-Cloud Security Architecture: AWS, Azure, and GCP
1h 17mAdvanced2026-06-22
Authors

Karl Ots
Cloud and Cybersecurity Expert, Azure MVP, Microsoft Regional Director
Course details
Moving from single cloud to multi-cloud expands your attack surface—and the controls you built for one provider don't scale. In this course, cloud and cybersecurity expert Karl Ots provides a vendor-neutral framework for securing multi-cloud estates from the ground up.
Learn to design landing zones with consistent guardrails, select and enforce security controls through policy-as-code, and build organizational governance through a Cloud Center of Excellence. Explore identity hardening with just-in-time elevation and workload identity, data protection through discovery and classification, and network security using private endpoints and service mesh. Karl also covers cloud-native SOC operations, CNAPP selection, incident response across clouds, audit trails, automated remediation, and the emerging role of agentic AI in cloud security.
Learning objectives
Identify the multi-cloud misconfigurations and anti-patterns that cause the majority of cloud breaches.
Evaluate landing zone designs and select security controls based on risk appetite and migration patterns.
Structure Cloud Center of Excellence governance with security intake and platform delivery patterns.
Apply just-in-time elevation, workload identity, and OIDC federation to harden identity across clouds.
Plan data protection strategies using discovery, classification, and private endpoint enforcement.
Design a cloud-native SOC with cross-cloud correlation, detection as code, and CNAPP tooling.
Apply incident containment and recovery procedures across network, identity, workload, and data domains.
Implement policy-as-code, audit trails, and remediation guardrails to automate compliance.
Learn to design landing zones with consistent guardrails, select and enforce security controls through policy-as-code, and build organizational governance through a Cloud Center of Excellence. Explore identity hardening with just-in-time elevation and workload identity, data protection through discovery and classification, and network security using private endpoints and service mesh. Karl also covers cloud-native SOC operations, CNAPP selection, incident response across clouds, audit trails, automated remediation, and the emerging role of agentic AI in cloud security.
Learning objectives
Identify the multi-cloud misconfigurations and anti-patterns that cause the majority of cloud breaches.
Evaluate landing zone designs and select security controls based on risk appetite and migration patterns.
Structure Cloud Center of Excellence governance with security intake and platform delivery patterns.
Apply just-in-time elevation, workload identity, and OIDC federation to harden identity across clouds.
Plan data protection strategies using discovery, classification, and private endpoint enforcement.
Design a cloud-native SOC with cross-cloud correlation, detection as code, and CNAPP tooling.
Apply incident containment and recovery procedures across network, identity, workload, and data domains.
Implement policy-as-code, audit trails, and remediation guardrails to automate compliance.
Concepts
Introduction
- Designing secure multi-cloud architectures
Multi-Cloud Security Fundamentals
- Top multi-cloud threats and how to avoid them
- Shared responsibility across cloud platforms
- Cloud security control selection
Cloud Security Roles and Responsibilities
- Landing zone design
- Cloud Center of Excellence
- Cloud application development
- MSSP and multi-vendor environments
Network Security Architecture
- Service Mesh architecture
- PaaS network security
Data Protection and Encryption
- Sensitive data disovery
- Solution - Malware scanning for Storage uploads
Identity and Zero Trust
- Privileged cloud access patterns
- Workload identity access control
- Automated deployment access control
Cloud Security Monitoring
- Choosing a CNAPP platform
- Cloud-native SOC design
Incident Response Operations
- Containment procedures
- Recovery strategies
Compliance and Governance
- Policy as code
- Audit trails
Security Automation
- Automated remediation
- Agentic cloud security
Conclusion
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- Google Cloud for Azure Administrators
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- Hosting Virtual Machines in a Multicloud Environment (2018)
- Hosting Virtual Machines in a Multicloud Environment
- Azure Resources for AWS Architects
- Planning a Multicloud Solution (2022)
- Cloud Computing: Understanding Networking
- Designing an AWS Landing Zone