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Quick Wins in Cloud Compliance: AWS
You've been tasked with measuring your organization's compliance efforts in the cloud. Whether your organization has just made the move or you've been there for years, you may not know where to start. In this stream, Clay Risenhoover and AJ Yawn will demonstrate some "quick wins" metrics which you can take in AWS. Start your compliance efforts off right with the techniques presented in this live stream.
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Cloud Instance Metadata Services (IMDS)
A misunderstood but deeply important feature to lock down when deploying workloads in cloud.
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SANS Cloud Security Exchange

Free Virtual Half-Day Event Thursday, 25 August 2022 Sponsored by: Google Cloud and Microsoft
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Become a SANS Cloud Ace

Focus on where the cloud is going, not where it is today. Your organization is going to need someone with hands-on technical experience and cloud security-specific knowledge. You will be prepared not only for your current role, but also for a cutting-edge future in cloud security. 

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Featured Cloud Security Courses & Certifications

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SEC541: Cloud Security Attacker Techniques, Monitoring, and Threat Detection
Cloud infrastructure provides organizations with new and exciting services to better meet the demands of their customers. However, these services bring with them new challenges, particularly for organizations struggling to make sense of the cloud native logs, keeping ahead of fast-moving...
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SEC388: Introduction to Cloud Computing and Security
Today's world of cyber security moves quickly. Cloud security moves even faster, so getting started or moving into a career in this field can be intimidating if you do not have the foundation to be successful. SANS SEC388 solves this problem by helping you to learn the foundational elements of...
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SEC488: Cloud Security Essentials
More businesses than ever are moving sensitive data and shifting mission-critical workloads to the cloud, and not just to one cloud service provider (CSP). Organizations are responsible for securing their data and mission-critical applications in the cloud. The benefits in terms of cost and speed...
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  • GCLD

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SEC510: Public Cloud Security: AWS, Azure, and GCP
Organizations in every sector are increasingly adopting cloud offerings to build their online presence. However, although cloud providers are responsible for the security of the cloud, their customers are responsible for what they do in the cloud. Unfortunately, the providers have made the...
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  • GPCS

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    Graduate Certificate Program in Cloud Security

    Prepare to navigate your organization through the security challenges and opportunities of cloud services.
    • Designed for working InfoSec professionals
    • Highly technical 12-credit-hour program
    • Includes 4 industry-recognized GIAC certifications
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    Cloud Security Certifications

    Securing the cloud is now essential across our global infrastructure. GIAC's cloud security certifications are designed to help you master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and applications in the cloud against the most dangerous threats. From web application security and DevOps automation to cloud-specific penetration testing - across public cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud scenarios - we've got the credentials both professionals and organizations need to ensure cloud security at any enterprise.

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    To be a Cloud Ace, You Must Learn From One

    The exceptionally qualified people who author and teach SANS courses, and contribute to the GIAC Certification exams aligned with those courses, are the leaders in the field. Meet some of our instructors.
    Frank Kim is a SANS Fellow in the Cyberseurity Leadership and Cloud Security curricula.

    Frank Kim

    Fellow
    Frank Kim is the Founder of ThinkSec, a security consulting and CISO advisory firm. He leads the Cybersecurity Leadership and Cloud Security curricula at SANS, as well as authors and instructs multiple SANS courses.
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    Job Role Flight Plan
    SANS Cloud Security Curriculum has myriad courses that map to various job roles. Whether you're just starting on your flight into cloud or have been in the clouds for years, this flight plan will help you find your runway and heading to progress your cloud security career.
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    Challenge Coins
    The ultimate recognition to elite cybersecurity professionals. Hundreds of SANS Institute students have stepped up to the challenge and conquered. They've mastered the concepts and skills, beat out their classmates, and proven their prowess. These are the elite, the recipients of the SANS Challenge Coins, an award given to a select portion of the thousands of students that have taken SANS courses.
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    NEW GIAC Cloud Security Certifications

    Recently released GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD) affiliated with SEC488 and GIAC Public Cloud Security (GPCS) affiliated with SEC510.
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    Reviews

    I likely will be assessing environments that use multiple CSPs and services for one system, so this training is better for me than being certified in only AWS or only Azure.
    Margaret Ray
    - Federal Reserve Board of Dallas
    Labs were detailed and thought-provoking. Gave great thought to existing implementation and real-world examples.
    Collin Huber
    - Allstate Insurance
    I learned so much in 5 days – wish I had this a year ago when we first started getting into the Cloud!
    Thomas Buergi
    - Pacific Life Insurance Co.

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      About Cloud Security

      SANS Cloud Security focuses the deep resources of SANS on the growing threats to The Cloud by providing training, GIAC certification, research, and community initiatives to help security professionals build, deploy and manage secure cloud infrastructure, platforms, and applications.

      Our curriculum provides intensive, immersion training designed to help you and your staff master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and applications in the cloud against the most dangerous threats. The courses are full of important and immediately useful techniques that you can put to work as soon as you return to your office. The curriculum has been developed through a consensus process involving industry leading engineers, architects, administrators, developers, security managers, and information security professionals, and address public cloud, multicloud, and hybrid-cloud scenarios for the enterprise and developing organizations alike.

      GIAC's cloud security certifications are designed to help you master the practical steps necessary for defending systems and applications in the cloud against the most dangerous threats. From web application security and DevOps automation to cloud-specific penetration testing - across public cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud scenarios - we've got the credentials both professionals and organizations need to ensure cloud security at any enterprise.