Taking a Look Ahead: The Future of Cloud Security
SANS Cloud Security
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“[A World After Wiz: Emerging Opportunities in Cloud Security] does a great job showing the growth in cloud adoption and how quickly the industry adapts to changing technology trends and threats. This is evidenced by the variety of security vendors that rise up to provide solutions to various enterprise cloud security challenges.
There is a seemingly never-ending alphabet soup of cloud security capabilities like CSPM, CWPP, CDR, CIEM, CNAPP, and so on. But the important point is that the most successful cloud security teams follow customers along their cloud migrations and deliver services that meet the needs of that moment.
We don't have to buy or adopt every shiny new solution. Instead, we should focus on the cloud security first principles that will make any solution and team successful. Understand how identity, architecture, and automation best practices work for your cloud service provider and cloud native solutions and continuously assess and detect threats in your environment. This will help you and your team stay up to date and ‘meet the needs of the moment.’"
- Frank Kim, SANS Fellow
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SEC549™: Cloud Security Architecture™ | MAJOR UPDATE
Organizations are migrating infrastructure and applications to the cloud at a rapid pace. As these migrations take place, security architects are struggling to design hybrid and cloud-native solutions to meet their organization's security requirements. Shifting to the cloud requires a deep understanding of the threats introduced by a cloud migration, and how each provider mitigates those threats using their well-architected framework.
SEC549 training teaches security professionals how to design an enterprise-ready, scalable cloud organization. With nearly 20 hands-on labs, students will learn to design cloud solutions for their organization at any stage of the cloud journey, whether planning for the first workload, managing complex legacy environments, or operating in an advanced cloud-native ecosystem.
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"I would recommend this course. It hits many core aspects of secure design. Additionally, lack of Cloud Security Architecture and Strategy, and Insecure Design have been highlighted as a top risk by organizations like Cloud Security Alliance and OWASP. Cloud security architecture topics need to have more attention and focus in general." - Greg L, SAP, SEC549 Student
NEW | GIAC Cloud Security Architecture & Design | GCAD
The GIAC Cloud Security Architecture and Design (GCAD) certification validates a practitioner’s understanding of cloud provider frameworks and design approaches for secure architecture in the cloud.
GCAD certification holders have demonstrated knowledge of the strategies and design techniques for topics such as workforce identity, conditional access, network security controls, and centralized logging.
Looking to become a Cloud Security Architect? Here’s how:
Design cohesive architecture | SEC549
Secure multi cloud environments | SEC488
Lead cloud design with larger business strategies | LDR520
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