Explore KSACs by Pathway
Explore Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Credentials (KSACs) by IT Pathway.
8. Cloud Security
Label | KSAC Description | Bloom's Taxonomy Level | Cross-Cutting | |
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a | Describe the fundamental cloud components (e.g. shared or dedicated processing, storage, memory, networking, hypervisor). | knowledge | 2 | |
b | Differentiate between public, private, and hybrid clouds. | knowledge | 2 | |
c | Provision cloud services (e.g. Software as a Service [SaaS], Platform as a Service [PaaS], Infrastructure as a Service [IaaS], Security as a Service). | ability | 3 | |
d | Instantiate a small computing environment in a cloud service. | ability | 3 | |
e | Identify common breaches and threats in the cloud environment. | knowledge | 1 | |
f | Understand how to set security configurations in a cloud environment. | knowledge | 2 | |
g | Demonstrate an understanding of cloud architecture and the capabilities of services such as AWS, Azure, IBM, Oracle and Google. | knowledge | 2 | All |
h | Understand the concept of opening/extending the network perimeter and the role of cloud access security (CAS). | knowledge | 2 |
Credentials
Entry
- Security+
- Network+
- Cloud+
- CEH
- GSEC
- CAP
Mid-level
- CCNA
- CYSA+
Advanced
- CASP
- CISSP
- CISA
- CISM
- CRISC
- CCSP