GCSA

GIAC Cloud Security Automation (GCSA) Training in Pune/ Online

Duration of Training  : 32 Hours

Batch type  :  Weekdays/Weekends

Mode of Training  :  Classroom/Online/Corporate Training

• Microservice Security

Understanding of microservice architecture and implementation in a DevOps environment. The candidate will show familiarity with the architecture’s attack surface and appropriate security controls used in various architectural designs and conditions.

• Cloud Security Fundamentals

Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud architecture components, Identity and Access Management, usage of the command-line interface, as well as general knowledge of how to secure the environment.

• Cloud Security Monitoring

Understanding of tools for monitoring and assessing a cloud environment. The candidate will show familiarity with tools that perform vulnerability assessments, threat detection, compliance benchmarking, audit logging, log evaluation, and network collection.

• Compliance as Code

Understanding of the Secure DevOps auditing controls and how to leverage automated scanners to automate policy requirements.

• Configuration Management as Code

Understanding of managing infrastructure using programmable configuration management toolsets. The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of the new attack surfaces presented by CI, CD, and CM tools and familiarity with techniques for how to harden these tools.

• Container Security

Understanding of container security issues, hardening containerized environments, container orchestration tools, and running these workloads in the cloud.

• Continuous Security Monitoring

Understanding of what metrics and monitoring tools are needed to inform security efforts in cloud and DevOps environments. The candidate will show familiarity with how this data is collected, parsing log files, network collection, setting thresholds, and alerting the security team.

• Data Protection and Secrets Management

Understanding of cloud facilities used for storing and securing data at rest and securing data in motion. The candidate will also show the ability to select appropriate encryption configurations, and familiarity with key management options and practices, and secrets management practices.

• Deployment Orchestration and Secure Content Delivery

Understanding of deployment patterns, such as canary and blue/green deployment processes, their benefits, and how to choose which approach is appropriate for a given situation. The candidate will demonstrate familiarity with the purposes and issues involved with using Content Delivery Networks (CDN). The candidate will show understanding of methods to safely bypass the Same Origin Policy, CDN configuration practices and issues, and demonstrate ways that access to CDN content can be controlled securely.

• DevOps Fundamentals

Familiarity with Secure DevOps fundamentals and culture, including terminology, automation, cloud infrastructure integration, and security risks.

• DevSecOps Security Controls

Understanding of the DevOps deployment pipeline and security considerations for each step of the Continuous Delivery and Continuous Integration processes.

• Runtime Security Automation

Understanding of virtual patching in the cloud using Security as a Service, such as the Web Application Firewall. The candidate will demonstrate an understanding of how to configure those services to protect against common website attacks.

• Secure Infrastructure as Code

Understanding of setting up and managing cloud infrastructure via code. The candidate will show familiarity with cloud provider and third-party tools used to manage cloud infrastructure resources.

• Securing Cloud Architecture

Understanding of securing cloud architecture using Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment / Continuous Delivery pipelines. The candidate will show familiarity with Azure and AWS toolsets to track work items, code, test, build, and release, and how each stage is secured and automated.

• Serverless Security

Familiarity with serverless architectures, their features, advantages, security concerns, and tactics for deploying effective security in serverless implementations.