Introduction to Course 2
1. Introduction to Course 2
Hi there. Welcome to the next stage of your learning journey. I'm so happy you're here. Congratulations on completing your first course. You learned about the field of cloud security and the roles and responsibilities of a cloud security professional. You also learned about cloud fundamentals and important techniques and tools that you can use in a cloud security role. In this course, you’ll learn about risk management strategies that can be used to secure the cloud. You’ll also be introduced to critical tools, regulations, and industry standards. You're on your way to knowing more about how to be a cloud security professional. This section’s focus is to identify risk management strategies and frameworks, and review regulations and security controls. You’ll learn how to use these regulations and controls as a cloud security professional to secure cloud environments and meet compliance standards. Let me introduce myself. My name’s Preston. I work as a Security Engineer at Google. This means that I investigate and develop solutions for identifying unauthorized activity in customer environments. I first learned about computer security investigations while working as a software engineer at a former job. At the time, we had unauthorized activity in our enterprise environment, so we hired consultants to perform forensic investigations to identify the who, what, when, and how. This began my broader understanding of offensive and defensive computer security, and the necessary components of a cybersecurity investigation. One of the coolest parts of being a cloud cybersecurity professional is that you’ll always be learning new things and growing because of it. We’ll start with a general overview of security domains, policies, risks, controls, and compliance. You’ll explore the relationship between the three areas of compliance: people, process, and technology. You’ll even get a chance to practice implementing security controls based on scenarios. Next, you’ll explore risk management frameworks, laws, regulations, and industry standards. You’ll also compare and contrast data privacy and data protection. Then, you’ll get a comprehensive overview of the compliance lifecycle. You’ll explore controls and control mapping, assessments and auditing, negative organizational impacts of non-compliance, and policy as code, or PaC, and infrastructure as code, or IaC. Finally, you’ll build on your knowledge of risk and vulnerability frameworks to dive deeper into cloud security posture management, or CSPM, for a multi-cloud system. You’ll also learn about key cloud tools and their uses for risk and compliance, and about cloud organizational policies. Learning risk management and how to secure your cloud will prepare you for some of the most important day-to-day aspects in your role. Don’t forget, I’m here to help you every step of the way. You can work at your own pace, so review videos and resources anytime you need to. You’ve got this. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to confidently use proven risk management to secure cloud assets. Let’s get started.2. Let's practice!
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