Course

Course Summary
Credit Type:
Course
ACE ID:
SKIL-0238
Organization:
Location:
Online
Length:
30 hours
Dates Offered:
Credit Recommendation & Competencies
Level Credits (SH) Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate 3 cloud essentials for network security professionals
Description

Objective:

The course objective is to ensure that network security specialists, who are already familiar with foundational networking concepts, gain a better understanding of the role of a traditional security technician in the enterprise. They can work on their security admin skills by diving deep into administrating security in the enterprise. From there, security admins may move into the cloud security admin role and focus on administrating cloud security. Then finally, if they aspire to, they can become a cloud security architect who brings together all the insights and knowledge acquired throughout the course to implement various testing tools and techniques related to architecting cloud security.

Learning Outcomes:

  • use cloud services and describe how they are provisioned and their impacts on security
  • explain cloud technologies like IoT, machine learning (ML), blockchain, and compliance concepts
  • demonstrate high-level, cloud-centric administrative security tasks
  • test and harden a cloud platform's security layers
  • explore the main areas of securing Amazon Web Services, Infrastructure-as-a-Service, and Platform-as-a-Service solutions
  • explore the basics of infrastructure, data, and application security in a generic vendor-neutral Cloud Service Provider environment
  • explain business continuity planning
  • describe data protection with a focus on new cloud-based ecosystems

General Topics:

  • Getting Started with Cloud Services Cloud Security Fundamentals Business Continuity Management Cloud Computing Security Cloud Security Administration Cloud Security Management Securing Amazon Web Services Cloud Platform Security
Instruction & Assessment

Instructional Strategies:

  • Computer Based Training
  • Practical Exercises

Methods of Assessment:

  • Examinations
  • Quizzes

Minimum Passing Score:

70%
Supplemental Materials