CCSK Cert Prep: 2 Infrastructure Security for Cloud

Learn how to secure cloud-based services as well as you would secure on-premises IT service environments and make progress in your preparations for the CCSK Cert Prep exam.

Introduction

• Infrastructure security
• What you should know

1. Software-Defined Networking

• Software-defined networking (SDN) overview
• Creating a virtual private cloud (VPC)
• Configuring SDN routing
• Peered VPC connections
• Configuring VPC peering

2. Cloud Network Infrastructure Security

• Network security access control lists (ACLs)
• Managing network ACLs
• Virtual private networks (VPNs) and the cloud
• Configuring a cloud Client-to-Site VPN
• Secure cloud management strategies
• Securing cloud administration

3. Cloud Application Workload Security

• Common application attacks
• Identity and access management (IAM)
• Configuring IAM to support application security
• Protecting data at rest in the cloud
• Serverless and containerized applications
• Enabling HTTPS web application bindings

4. Business Continuity in the Cloud

• Cloud disaster recovery planning
• Multiregion cloud resource deployments
• Enabling application load balancing
• Enabling cloud backup and restore

Conclusion

• Next steps