EC-Council CCSE: Certified Cloud Security Engineer

The Certified Cloud Security Engineer (C|CSE) course is an in-depth training program designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to secure cloud environments. The course covers essential areas including

Course Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites include:

• Basic understanding of cloud computing and service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

• Fundamental knowledge of IT security principles.

• Awareness of the shared responsibility model in cloud environments.

• Basic experience with cloud service providers (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).

• Familiarity with operating systems, networking, and virtualization technologies.

• Hands-on experience in IT or cybersecurity roles is beneficial.

Target Audience

The course is ideal for:

• IT Security Professionals

• Cloud Security Analysts

• Cloud Engineers

• Cloud Architects

• Network Security Engineers

• IT Auditors

• Risk Management Analysts

• Security Consultants

• Security Compliance Officers

• System Administrators working with cloud services

• Penetration Testers focusing on cloud platforms

• Incident Responders and Forensic Analysts

• Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Specialists

• GRC Analysts

• Cybersecurity Policy and Standards Analysts

• Technical Support Engineers specializing in cloud security

• DevSecOps Engineers

• Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs)

• IT Professionals seeking cloud security knowledge for career growth

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

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 Web Services (AWS)

• Learn how to implement data security in Amazon Web Services (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 Web Services (AWS)

• Learn to implement security operations in Amazon Web Services (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 Partner 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