Cloud Security

This course explores some of the key risk areas when it comes to security and cloud computing. It also introduces control assessment frameworks and models that can be used in assessing an organization’s risk in going to the cloud and evaluating the cloud provider's security offering. It goes on to outline basic guidelines that you should follow to ensure an adequate level of security in an XaaS environment, including key areas of the IT infrastructure and issues relating to data transfer and storage.

 

Course Highlights

	Describe the objectives of information security and how they relate to the cloud
	Describe the challenges associated with cloud security
	Describe the three models for public cloud security responsibilities
	Describe relevant ISO standards for information security
	Describe the Security as a Service model
	Describe the security risk areas for cloud computing
	Describe how to assess security offerings for cloud services
	Describe the challenges associated with security in a Software as a Service or SaaS offering
	Describe the best practices for securing a Software-as-a-Service or SaaS offering
	Describe secure software development practices
	Describe the Jericho Forum Cloud Cube Model for defining cloud characteristics
	Describe the considerations for infrastructure security in cloud computing
	Describe the host-level security considerations in cloud computing
	Describe considerations for security virtualization hosts in a cloud environment
	Describe application-level security in cloud computing
	Describe the measures to secure data at rest and data in transit
	Describe how to perform risk assessment in a cloud environment
	Describe the service-level agreements for cloud security
	Describe the measures to secure data and connection in a cloud environment

 

Cancellation Policy

All BICSI Connect courses are nonrefundable and nontransferable.

 

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