Course Details
This comprehensive course focuses on advanced concepts and practices in cloud security. It covers strategies, tools, and techniques to secure cloud environments, protect sensitive data, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
Key Topics You’ll Master:
- Securing IaaS, PaaS & SaaS – Applying protection strategies across service models
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) – Implementing strong authentication and authorization controls
- Data Protection & Encryption – Safeguarding data at rest, in transit, and in use
- Security Monitoring & Incident Response – Detecting, analyzing, and responding to cloud threats
Through practical labs and case studies, you’ll gain the expertise to secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments, ensuring compliance and minimizing risk.
What You’ll Learn
This comprehensive course covers advanced cloud security concepts, tools, and practices to protect modern cloud environments from evolving threats. Here are the key skills and topics you’ll master:
- Advanced Cloud Security Architecture & Design – Understand complex security frameworks and design secure cloud infrastructures
- Cloud Threat Landscapes & Attack Vectors – Identify and mitigate cloud-specific security risks
- Securing IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Models – Implement protection strategies for all service models
- Advanced Identity & Access Management (IAM) – Strengthen authentication, authorization, and access control policies
- Encryption & Key Management – Protect data at rest, in transit, and in use with robust cryptographic methods
- Compliance & Legal Considerations – Ensure adherence to regulations and industry standards in cloud deployments
- Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Cloud Security – Apply best practices for diverse cloud environments
- Security Monitoring & Automated Threat Detection – Use tools to detect, analyze, and respond to cloud-based threats
- Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity – Plan and implement resilience strategies for cloud systems
- Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing – Test and strengthen cloud security posture
- Cloud Incident Response – Apply tailored strategies to respond effectively to security breaches
Pro Tip: This course emphasizes hands-on, real-world scenarios, equipping you with practical skills to secure any cloud environment confidently.
Course Content
Requirements
This course is designed to be beginner-friendly and is open to anyone,
regardless of prior experience or background.
Course Description
Cloud Security (Vol. 2) offers an in-depth exploration of advanced concepts,
tools, and strategies required to secure cloud environments effectively.
Building upon foundational cloud security principles, this course delves into
specialized topics such as data encryption, identity and access management
(IAM), secure application deployment, compliance frameworks, and threat
mitigation in multi-cloud architectures. Learners will gain hands-on experience
in securing cloud infrastructure, monitoring for vulnerabilities, and
implementing incident response strategies. Designed for IT professionals,
security analysts, and cloud administrators, this course equips participants
with the knowledge and practical skills to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and
availability of cloud-hosted resources while meeting regulatory and
organizational security requirements.
Course Content
Our comprehensive curriculum is organized into 13 core modules plus final assessment and certification, designed to build your expertise in cloud security from fundamentals to advanced practices:
- Basic concepts (CIA) – Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Deployment Model in Cloud
- Consumption Model in Cloud
- Cloud Security and Shared Responsibility
- Shared Responsibility for Security in Cloud Services
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Security Policy and Governance
- Security Controls
- Cloud Governance Issues
- Cloud Compliance
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Overview of Multi-Tenancy
- Multi-tenancy Concepts
- Design Considerations for a Multi-tenant Cloud
- Security Concerns in Multi-Tenancy Cloud Environment
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Overview of IBM Cloud Pak for Security
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Vulnerabilities in Management
- Vulnerabilities in Hypervisor
- Vulnerabilities in Virtualization and Virtual Machines
- Platform Hardening to Prevent Threats
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Components of Kubernetes
- Kubernetes API Server and etcd Data Store
- Master Node & Worker Nodes
- Persistent Storage, Monitoring & Logging
- Container Images and Registry
- Container Isolation and Security
- Kubernetes Security Bulletins
- Labs: Setup Kubernetes, Deploy App, Logging, Event Monitoring
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Setting up a Secure Network
- Network Isolation & Segmentation in IBM Cloud
- Network Security – Firewalls, IDS, IPS
- DDoS Protection & Secure Connectivity
- Load Balancer and Ingress Services
- Lab: Restrict Network Access to Kubernetes App
- Test Your Knowledge (10 Questions)
- Review Questions
- IAM Concepts, Operations, Benefits, Provisioning, Roles
- Authentication Methods: SAML, OAuth 2.0, OpenID, MFA
- Authorization & Access Control
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- IBM Cloud App ID
- Labs: App ID Authentication, IAM in IBM Cloud
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Data Integrity & Confidentiality
- Data at Rest & In Motion Encryption
- Lab: Envelope Encryption using IBM Cloud Key Protect
- Test Your Knowledge (7 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Top 10 OWASP Vulnerabilities
- CWE Software Errors
- Lab: Application Security
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Secure DevOps Practices
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Vulnerability Management & Container Image Security
- IBM PSIRT
- Labs: Container and Image Security (Part 1 & 2)
- Test Your Knowledge (5 Questions)
- Review Questions
- Final Exam (20 Questions)
- How to Claim Your Certificate
Highlights of this Course:
Upon successful completion of the course, you will receive a Course
Completion Certificate and a Project Completion Certificate.