Cloud Security and Management: Best Principles and Applications

Highly interactive course with group discussions, case studies, and exercises.
Practical training to apply acquired knowledge in cloud computing security and management.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand the strengths, misconceptions, advantages, and weaknesses of cloud computing.
Explain cloud architecture, assets, and administrative services.
Develop a cloud adoption strategy.
Discuss key requirements and infrastructure for a reliable cloud.
Analyze major risks associated with different cloud services and deployment models.
Discuss core principles and best practices for managing cloud risk solutions.
Explain concepts using practical case studies, business models, and industry tools.

IT leaders, infrastructure leaders, decision-makers (CxO), risk analysts, strategic planners, architects, program and project managers.

Cloud Overview:
- Definition, misconceptions, and evolution.
- Cloud services and deployment types.
- Challenges.
Cloud Management:
- Cloud management structure and characteristics.
- Virtualized application services.
- Dynamic nature of the cloud and its challenges.
- Application development and integration within the cloud.
- Best practices for automating cloud infrastructure management.
- Explanation using industrial platforms.
Trust in Clouds:
- Determining cloud reliability.
- Cloud characteristics.
- Assessing cloud reliability.
- Trust in:
  - Private clouds.
  - Hybrid clouds.
  - Community clouds.
- Public Clouds deployment types:
  - IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service).
  - PaaS (Platform as a Service).
  - SaaS (Software as a Service).
- Explanation using the OpenStack management platform.
Identity and Access Management:
- Authentication.
- Authorization.
- Access management.
- Federated access management.
- Insiders vs. attackers.
- Insider analysis and management.
- Relevant industry tools:
  - Identity management solutions.
  - Strong authentication for clouds.
Cloud Origins:
- Definition and characteristics.
- Addressing challenges.
- Mitigating security risks using sourcing.
- Case studies for sourcing usage:
  - Criminal investigations.
  - Trusted executive management.
  - Proactive management and prediction.
- Bill assurance.
- Relevant industry tools.