CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional Certification Prep

The Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) course offers a comprehensive review of cloud security concepts and best practices, covering the six domains of the ISC2 Common Body of Knowledge (CBK). This training equips you with the skills to identify necessary controls for ensuring confidentiality, integrity, and availability in cloud data security. You’ll learn about cloud infrastructure components, risk management, secure software assurance, and privacy issues, including auditing processes and controls. The CCSP certification prep course from NetCom Learning, ISC2’s official training partner, includes 5 days of instructor-led training, an official e-book, assessments, quizzes, and a CCSP exam voucher, along with access to class recordings for 90 days.

Course Details

Price:

$4,095.00

Days:

Location:

Virtual

Course Overview

• Understand legal frameworks and guidelines that affect cloud services
• Recognize the fundamentals of data privacy regulatory/legislative mandates
• Assess risks, vulnerability, threats, and attacks in the cloud environment
• Evaluate the design and plan for cloud infrastructure security controls
• Evaluate what is necessary to manage security operations
• Understand what operational controls and standards to implement
• Describe the types of cloud deployment models in the types of “as a service” cloud models currently available today
• Identify key terminology, and associated definitions related to cloud technology
• Establish a common terminology for use within your team or workgroup
• Build a business case for cloud adoption and determine business units that benefit from cloud migration strategies

• Knowledge of security protocols and best practices
• Experience with firewalls, VPNs, and intrusion detection systems
• Familiarity with security information and event management (SIEM) tools
• Understanding of risk assessment and vulnerability management
• Proficiency in network security and data protection
• Ability to implement and manage security policies and procedures
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Relevant certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+)
• Excellent communication and teamwork abilities

– Cloud Security Operations
• Analyze what is used to manage and operate physical and logical infrastructure of a cloud environment
• Discuss operational controls and standards
• Identify methodologies for supporting digital forensics
• Identify critical communication needs with relevant parties
• Define auditability, traceability and accountability of security-relevant data events
• Select requirements to implement secure operations

– Cloud Application Security
• Explain training and awareness solutions for application security
• Assess challenges in the secure software development life cycle (SDLC) process
• Select a threat model for securing software development
• Demonstrate cloud software assurance and validation
• Choose verified secure software
• Explain the specifics of a cloud application architecture

– Cloud Data Security
• Discuss cloud data security concepts
• Describe cryptography
• Explain data discovery and classification technologies
• Interpret cloud data storage architectures
• Analyze information rights management
• Assess cloud data security strategies
• Compare solutions for cloud data retention, deletion and archival policies
• Explain basic security concepts in the cloud

– Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security
• Compare cloud infrastructure components
• Select standard practices for implementing a secure data center design
• Assess risks, vulnerability, threats and attacks in the cloud environment
• Discover components for planning and implementing security controls
• Evaluate the design and plan for cloud infrastructure security controls
• Appraise appropriate identity and access management (IAM) solutions
• Recommend business continuity and disaster recovery (BCDR) standards

– Cloud Governance: Legal, Risk and Compliance
• Explain the issues with international conflict of law
• Interpret guidelines for digital forensics
• Identify the fundamentals of data privacy regulatory/legislative mandates
• Summarize audit process, methodologies and cloud-ready adaptations
• Describe risk management related to cloud services
• Identify due care/diligence activities related to service contracts

– Cloud Concepts, Architecture and Design
• State the essential characteristics of cloud computing
• Describe the fundamental cloud computing services
• Describe the cloud computing reference architectures
• Explain cloud computing activities
• Compare cloud service capabilities and models
• Describe cloud deployment models
• Summarize economic characteristics of cloud computing
• Evaluate cloud computing ROI and KPI metrics
• Summarize cloud computing security concepts
• Describe key security considerations for each service model
• Analyze key cloud service provider contractual relationship documents

Class Dates & Times


5/19/2025 Virtual 09:00:00-17:00:00 CST Enroll Now $4,095.00
7/21/2025 Virtual 09:00:00-17:00:00 CST Enroll Now $4,095.00
9/22/2025 Virtual 09:00:00-17:00:00 CST Enroll Now $4,095.00
11/17/2025 Virtual 09:00:00-17:00:00 CST Enroll Now $4,095.00

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