Course Overview - Cloud Security

As organizations increasingly transition to cloud environments, they face a surge in cloud-specific threats and misconfigurations that demand a proactive approach to security. Now more than ever, professionals must understand how to effectively secure cloud environments to prevent breaches, ensure compliance, and maintain trust. This course offers an in-depth exploration of cloud security, covering critical areas such as cloud infrastructure security, cloud application security, identity and access management, data protection, security operations and monitoring, incident response, and compliance with global standards. Additionally, by analyzing real-world cloud breaches and understanding the shared responsibility model, learners will gain practical skills to secure cloud-native applications, mitigate risks, and apply cloud security best practices. Finally, with insights from industry experts and optional hands-on labs, this course equips professionals with the essential knowledge and strategies to tackle today’s cloud security challenges and safeguard critical systems. · Explain fundamental cloud-specific security concepts, threats and the shared responsibility model · Evaluate security risks in cloud architectures and applications, and identify countermeasures · Analyze real-world cloud security breaches to understand root causes and extract lessons learned · Implement cloud data protection with key management services and best practices for identity and access management · Develop effective cloud security operation, monitoring and incident response strategies · Ensure compliance with relevant cloud security standards and regulations · Evaluate emerging cloud security technologies Learn more and enroll in this course: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/xacs235-cloud-security