EC-Council Certified Cloud Security Engineer (CCSE)

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Course Overview

EC-Council’s Certified Cloud Security Engineer (C|CSE) course is a specialized program curated by cloud security professionals in collaboration with subject matter experts from around the globe. C|CSE is a hands-on learning certification course that adopts a detailed and methodological approach to teaching the fundamental concepts of cloud security. EC-Council's C|CSE program blends vendor-neutral and vendor-specific cloud security concepts, offering aspirants an unbiased learning approach. Vendor-neutral concepts emphasize universally applicable cloud security best practices, technologies, and frameworks to help individuals strengthen their grasp of the fundamentals. Vendor-specific concepts help individuals gain the practical skills needed to work with specific cloud platforms.

Who Should Attend

  • Network Administrators
  • Network Engineers
  • Network Analysts
  • CyberSecurity Engineers
  • CyberSecurity Analysts
  • Cloud Administrators
  • Cloud Engineers
  • Cloud Analysts

Course Objectives

    • Plan, implement, and execute cloud platform security for an organization.
    • Securely access cloud resources through identity and access management (IAM).
    • Evaluate and control organizational cloud network architecture by integrating various security controls the service provider offers.
    • Evaluate cloud storage techniques and threats on data stored in the cloud and understand how to protect cloud data from attacks.
    • Implement and manage cloud security on various cloud platforms, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
    • Understand the shared responsibility model of the service provider.
    • Evaluate various cloud security standards, compliance programs, and features offered by AWS, Azure, and GCP, and perform cloud computing security audits.
    • Implement various threat detection and response services provided by Azure, AWS, and GCP to identify threats to an organization’s cloud services.
    • Evaluate and mitigate security risks, threats, and vulnerabilities in a cloud platform.
    • Integrate best practices to secure cloud infrastructure components (network, storage and virtualization, and management).
    • Secure organizational cloud applications by understanding the secure software development lifecycle of cloud applications and by implementing additional security controls to enhance the security of hosted cloud applications.
    • Design and implement a GRC framework, a cloud incident response plan, and a business continuity plan for cloud services.
    • Utilize the security services and tools provided in Azure, AWS, and GCP to secure the organizational cloud environment.
    • Understand the legal implications associated with cloud computing to protect organizations.
    • Implement operational controls and standards to build, operate, manage, and maintain the cloud infrastructure.
    • Understand and implement security for private, multi-tenant, and hybrid cloud environments.

Course Outline

1 - Introduction to Cloud Security

  • Understand Cloud Computing Fundamentals
  • Understand Cloud Security Objectives and Issues
  • Understanding Cloud Security Insights
  • Evaluate CSPs for Security before Consuming a Cloud Service
  • Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Amazon Cloud (AWS)
  • Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Microsoft Azure Cloud
  • Discuss Security Shared Responsibility Model in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

2 - Platform and Infrastructure Security in Cloud

  • Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
  • Understand the Risks and Threats Associated with Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
  • Learn how to Secure the Key Components of Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
  • Learn how to Design a Secure Data Center in Cloud
  • Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in AWS
  • Learn how to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in AWS
  • Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in GCP
  • Learn how to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Google
  • Understand Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Microsoft Azure
  • Learn to Implement Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security in Microsoft Azure

3 - Application Security in Cloud

  • Understand Cloud Application Security
  • Discuss cloud application security risks
  • Understand Secure Software Development Lifecycle (SSDLC) of Cloud Applications
  • Understand DevOps and Continuous Integration/ Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)
  • Discuss cloud application security controls
  • Understand Application Security Features in AWS
  • Learn How to Implement Application Security in AWS
  • Understand Application Security Features in Azure
  • Learn How to Implement Application Security in Azure
  • Understand Application Security Features in GCP
  • Learn How to Implement Application Security in GCP

4 - Data Security in Cloud

  • Understand Data Security in Cloud
  • Discuss cloud data storage fundamentals
  • Understand the cloud storage architecture and life cycle phases
  • Evaluate the risks, attacks, and issues in cloud data storage
  • Understand data security strategies and technologies in the cloud
  • Discuss Information Rights management Systems
  • Discuss Data retention and archiving strategies
  • Discuss Storage and Analysis of Data events
  • Understand storage services in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
  • Learn how to implement data security in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
  • Understand storage services in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Learn how to implement data security in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Understand storage services in Microsoft Azure
  • Learn how to implement data security in Microsoft Azure

5 - Security Operations in Cloud

  • Discuss cloud security operations
  • Understand elements (standards and methods) in cloud data center physical/logical Operations
  • Learn Security Operations to Build Cloud Infrastructure
  • Learn How to Perform Security Operations for Cloud Infrastructures
  • Learn Security Operations to Manage Cloud Infrastructure
  • Discuss Security Configurations Management for Cloud Infrastructure
  • Learn to Monitor Security Operations for Cloud Infrastructure
  • Understand security operations in Microsoft Azure
  • Learn to implement security operations in Microsoft Azure
  • Understand security operations in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
  • Learn to implement security operations in Amazon Webservices (AWS)
  • Understand security operations in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Learn to implement security operations in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

6 - Penetration Testing in Cloud

  • Understand the scope of cloud penetration testing
  • Learn generic penetration testing steps in the cloud
  • Learn AWS-specific penetration testing steps
  • Learn Azure-specific penetration testing steps
  • Learn GCP-specific penetration testing steps

7 - Incident Response in Cloud

  • Understand Cloud Incident Response
  • Understand Cloud Incident Response Lifecycle
  • Understand How SOAR Accelerates Incident Response
  • Discuss Security Incident Response in AWS
  • Discuss AWS Investigation and Detection Tools
  • Discuss Security Incident Response in Microsoft Azure Cloud
  • Discuss Security Incident Response in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

8 - Forensic Investigation in Cloud

  • Discuss cloud forensics
  • Learn how to investigate security incidents in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Learn how to investigate security incidents in Microsoft Azure
  • Learn how to investigate security incidents in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

9 - Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Cloud

  • Discuss Cloud Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
  • Learn to Design Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in Cloud
  • Learn to Architect Recovery and Resilience in AWS
  • Learn to Implement Recovery and Resilience in AWS
  • Understand Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in Microsoft Azure
  • Learn Disaster Recovery Configurations in Azure
  • Learn to Implement BC/DR with Azure SQL Database
  • Learn to Configure BCDR for Azure Stack Edge VPN
  • Understand Various Disaster Recovery Scenarios in Azure
  • Learn to Implement BCDR in Azure
  • Discuss Azure Partner Solutions for BCDR
  • Discuss BC/DR in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Discuss GCP Resources for Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity Plan (BCP)
  • Understand Disaster Recovery for Data in GCP
  • Understand Disaster Recovery for Applications in GCP
  • Learn to Architect DR for Cloud Infrastructure Outages
  • Learn to Implement BCDR in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
  • Discuss Partners Solutions for Implementing BCDR in GCP

10 - Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance in Cloud

  • Understand GRC in the Cloud
  • Discuss Cloud Governance
  • Learn to Implement and Maintain Governance for Cloud Computing
  • Discuss Risk management in the Cloud
  • Discuss Risk Management Framework and Process in the Cloud
  • Understand Cloud Compliance
  • Learn to Implement GRC in the cloud
  • Understand GRC in Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Understand GRC in Azure
  • Understand GRC in Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

11 - Standards, Policies, and Legal Issues in Cloud

  • Understand Laws Impacting Cloud Computing
  • Learn the Cloud Computing Standards
  • Describe the Legal Frameworks for Data Protection and Privacy
  • Learn Audit Planning and Reporting in the Cloud
  • Describe Outsourcing and Vendor Management
  • Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in AWS
  • Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in Azure
  • Understand Standards, Policies, and Auditing in GCP

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