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Certified Cloud Security Professional Exam Prep Specialization

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LearnKartS

Certified Cloud Security Professional Exam Prep Specialization

Become a Cloud Security Expert. Master real cloud security scenarios, pass CCSP with confidence, and unlock top-paying job roles.

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Beginner level

Recommended experience

4 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Build strong command over cloud fundamentals, virtualization, infrastructure layers, and IAM to design secure, scalable cloud environments.

  • Master cloud data protection, encryption, privacy controls, secure SDLC, app vulnerabilities, API security, and compliance-driven governance models.

  • Develop expertise in cloud monitoring, incident response, logging, network defense, segmentation, IDS/IPS, and business continuity planning.

  • Apply governance strategy, threat modeling, automation, CSPM, SOAR, and advanced threat management to lead real-world cloud security programs.

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Specialization - 4 course series

Cloud Security Foundations

Cloud Security Foundations

Course 19 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand core cloud technologies, deployment models, and architectural roles that define how modern cloud platformsoperateand scale securely.

  • Learn key technical concepts like virtualization, Containers vs VMs, infrastructure components, and cloud management used to build resilient systems.

  • Identifycommon identity threats and apply controls, Zero Trust principles, and IAM metrics to effectively strengthen cloud security and reduce risk.

  • Explore IAM, including identity lifecycle, authentication methods, MFA, policies, and standards, to manage secure access across cloud environments.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Security
Category: Multi-Factor Authentication
Category: User Provisioning
Category: Virtualization
Category: AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Category: Cloud Computing Architecture
Category: Cloud Platforms
Category: Virtual Machines
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Identity and Access Management
Category: Authentications
Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Cloud Services
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Authorization (Computing)
Category: Scalability
Category: Threat Management
Category: Cloud Deployment
Category: Cloud Infrastructure

What you'll learn

  • Understand the cloud data lifecycle, applyencryptionand key management, and use privacy andloss-preventioncontrols to protect information.

  • Strengthen cloud apps using secure SDLC, threat modeling,DevSecOpspractices, and security testing techniques like SAST, DAST, and validation.

  • Identifycloud application risks, prevent injection attacks, and secure APIs and interfaces using core OWASP principles and defensive controls.

  • Build governance skills through regulatory mapping, risk assessment, mitigation steps, audit trails, stewardship, and strong data management.

Skills you'll gain

Category: OAuth
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Application Security
Category: Data Security
Category: Key Management
Category: DevSecOps
Category: Cloud API
Category: Data Governance
Category: General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Data Management
Category: Cloud Applications
Category: Hardening
Category: Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
Category: Personally Identifiable Information
Category: Information Privacy
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Encryption
Category: Data Encryption Standard
Category: Secure Coding

What you'll learn

  • Monitor cloud systems with SIEM,analyze alerts,manage incidents,and run structured Cloud Incident Response from detection to recovery.

  • Secure cloud networks with segmentation, IDS/IPS, ZTNA, UEBA, and encryption methods todetect threatsand control access across environments.

  • Protect data in motion using VPNs, cloud proxies, andhybrid security controlstomaintainconfidentiality across distributed cloud systems.

  • Build cloud resilience with Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery planning, RTO/RPO targets, replication, automation, and SLA-driven compliance.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Cloud Computing
Category: Continuous Monitoring
Category: Configuration Management
Category: Vulnerability Management
Category: Service Level Agreement
Category: Zero Trust Network Access
Category: Firewall
Category: Network Security
Category: Clinical Monitoring
Category: Incident Response
Category: System Monitoring
Category: Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Threat Detection
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Business Continuity Planning
Category: Data Security
Category: Disaster Recovery
Category: Patch Management
Category: Automation

What you'll learn

  • Build strong cloud governance by defining roles, managing risk, securing data, setting IR policies, andoptimizingcloud costs using FinOps practices.

  • Apply threat modeling using STRIDE, threat taxonomy, and prioritization techniques toidentifycloud vulnerabilities before attackers exploit them.

  • Use threat intelligence with IOCs, MITRE ATT&CK, threat feeds, and hunting techniques to detect emerging cloud attack patterns early.

  • Automate security using CSPM, SOAR, and CI/CD security controls while preparing for certifications with mock tests and capstone projects.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Compliance Management
Category: Vulnerability Assessments
Category: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
Category: Governance
Category: Threat Modeling
Category: Incident Response
Category: Cyber Threat Intelligence
Category: Cost Management
Category: Cloud Security
Category: Security Controls
Category: Risk Management
Category: Cyber Threat Hunting
Category: Automation
Category: Cyber Security Strategy
Category: MITRE ATT&CK Framework

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