Cloud services vary in size and complexity, and deployed architecture carries a direct impact on service and data asset security. In this 15-video course, learners explore aspects of cloud computing architectural design, along with associated cloud systems and components. Begin by looking at cloud component definitions and various cloud system participants: consumers, providers, partners, auditors, and regulators. Next, view operational characteristics of cloud computing: on-demand, self-service, broad network access, multi-tenancy, rapid elasticity and scalability, resource pooling, and measured service. Look at supporting architectural components and infrastructure of cloud computing such as virtualization and storage. Examine details of Cloud Computing Activities with reference to ISO/IEC 17789, clause 9. Learn how cloud service categories are based on supported services and capabilities such as application, platform, and infrastructure capability types, and examine cloud deployment categories and models. Learn about the responsibility of cloud services between customers and providers. Explore the impact of technologies such as machine learning, and examine business requirements and contracts and aspects of vendor and contract management. A final exercise covers supply chain management. This course will help a learner prepare for the (ISC)2 Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam.
define cloud system participants - consumers, providers, partners, auditors, and regulators
outline the operational characteristics of cloud computing such as on-demand self-service, broad network access, multi-tenancy, rapid elasticity and scalability, resource pooling, and measured service
outline the supporting architectural components and infrastructure of cloud computing such as virtualization, storage, networking, databases, and orchestration
detail Cloud Computing Activities with reference to ISO/IEC 17789, Clause 9
define how cloud services are categorized based on supported services and capabilities such as application capability types, platform capability types, and infrastructure capability types
describe the industry-defined standard categories of cloud computing such as Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, and Platform as a Service
describe the responsibility of cloud services between customers and providers
recognize the impact of technologies such as machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things, containers, and quantum computing
describe business requirements such as Service Level Agreement, Master Service Agreement, Statement of Work, and stakeholders
differentiate between vendor and contract management, including right to audit, metrics, definitions, termination, litigation, assurance, compliance, access to cloud/data, and cyber risk insurance
describe the significance of surfacing the Supply Chain with reference to cloud-hosted application software