Review the essential terms and concepts you need to know to effectively secure Cisco networks.

Learn about Cisco network management, secure device access, and protocols such as NTP, SCP, and SNMP.

Boost your technical skill set by mastering essential VPN concepts, as well as strategies for using VPNs to secure a network.

Learn how to secure Cisco routers and switches, mitigate Layer 3 and Layer 2 attacks, and secure a VLAN.

Discover how to leverage firewall technologies to secure your organization's infrastructure. Learn about basic firewall configuration, different types of firewalls, and more.

Review the fundamentals of intrusion detection and intrusion prevention systems (IDS/IPS), how they detect and mitigate common attacks, and the practical applications of IDS/IPS.

Prepare for the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) Security exam 210-260. Review key concepts and confidently tackle the Content and Endpoint Security section of the exam.

Prepare for exam 300-135 TSHOOT, Troubleshooting and Maintaining Cisco IP Networks—one of three required exams you must pass to earn the CCNP Routing and Switching certification.

Many types of resources, including virtual machines, databases, and storage, can be deployed in a cloud computing environment. This course teaches you the skills necessary to design and deploy cloud solutions that meet business needs, through cloud-related concepts discussions and hands-on cloud service deployments. This course maps to the first domain in the CSA Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) exam: Cloud Computing Concepts and Architecture. First, instructor Daniel Lachance defines cloud computing as IT services running on a provider equipment over a network. He clarifies several terms and concepts used in cloud computing. Next, Daniel examines the characteristics of cloud computing, including several NIST cloud computing characteristics. He explores a variety of cloud types that can be used for cloud computing delivery, depending on organizational requirements. In conclusion, Daniel makes sure you know how to define and deploy several cloud computing service models.

Cloud-based services should be secured with common practices such as hardening, disaster recovery planning, periodic security testing, and the use of encryption. Instructor Daniel Lachance goes over software-defined networking (SDN), cloud network infrastructure security, cloud application workload security, and business continuity in the cloud. Daniel begins with an overview of SDN and shows you how to create a virtual private cloud (VPC). He explains how to configure VPC peering, which links cloud-based networks. Daniel describes how to manage access control lists (ACLs) and how to configure a virtual private network (VPN). He reviews ways to manage cloud resources remotely over the Internet. Daniel explains identity and access management (IAM) policies. He discusses how to conduct a business impact analysis and craft disaster recovery policies, then concludes with an explanation of cloud backups and how you can use them to protect workloads and data on-premises.

Outsourcing IT services to public cloud providers introduces and changes IT-related risks to an organization. Instructor Daniel Lachance goes over risk management, compliance, and security monitoring in the cloud. Daniel shows you how to identify assets such as virtual machines, cloud storage, and web apps, then goes over ways to manage the risks associated with the assets, including the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ), and the Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) registry. He explains that data privacy is a primary concern for all businesses, so compliance with all applicable regulations and standards for securing data is key. Daniel covers how you can monitor cloud security using cloud service logs, cloud auditing, alerts, notifications, and more.

Data privacy is vitally important, and with the growth of cloud adoption and reported data breaches, organizations must take careful steps to protect sensitive data. In this course, instructor Daniel Lachance helps you prepare for the data security portion of the CCSK exam and build your understanding of data privacy and protection. Daniel begins with the data security lifecycle, showing you how it applies both on-premises and in the cloud. He explains cloud storage solutions, cloud encryption solutions, and the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM). Next, Daniel goes over tools and techniques to help you keep your cloud storage secure. He discusses ways that cloud databases can support secure cloud solutions and ways that you can keep your cloud databases secure. Daniel concludes with useful details on encryption keys, including how to deploy a Microsoft Azure key vault, how to encrypt managed disks, and how to protect data transfers with SSH public key authentication.

Developing and managing cloud-based applications requires that security be considered in all DevOps activities. In this course, instructor Daniel Lachance teaches you about application security in the cloud and helps you prepare for the portion of the CCSK exam devoted to application security and identity management for cloud computing. Daniel begins with ways you can use identity and access management, identity federation, Amazon Web Services IAM groups, multifactor authentication (MFA), and more to manage what data is available online and how it can be accessed. He explains several facets of developing software in the cloud, then concludes with a thorough discussion of container cloud solutions, such as application containers, Azure container registries, and application load balancing.

As a security-minded professional—particularly one looking to pass the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) exam—you must know how to properly evaluate cloud providers and their service offerings. In this installment of the CCSK Cert Prep series, instructor Daniel Lachance shows you how, sharing factors to consider when assessing cloud service providers. He also covers a variety of cloud security services such as public key infrastructure (PKI) certificate authorities and network firewalls. Plus, learn how to map common hardening techniques to the Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM).

Learn the core concepts of cloud computing as you prepare for the first domain of the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam.

Getting ready for the CCSP exam? Tune into this audio-only course to review key concepts covered in the first exam domain: Cloud Concepts, Architecture, and Design.

Learn the core concepts of cloud data security as you prepare for the second domain of the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam.

Continue studying for the CCSP exam when you're on the go. This audio-only course provides a summary of key concepts covered in the second exam domain: Cloud Data Security.

Learn how to design a secure cloud operating environment as you prepare for the Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security domain of the CCSP exam.

Study for the CCSP exam when you're on the go. This audio-only course reviews key concepts covered in the third exam domain: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure Security.