Name: Cloud Management and Security: Principles and Best Practice
Start: 2021-11-21
End: 2021-11-24
Location: Dubai

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Course Methodology

This course is highly interactive and includes group discussions, case studies and syndicate work. It also includes practical exercises that allow all participants to use the knowledge they gained to demonstrate their skills in cloud management and security.

Course Objectives

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

Understand cloud strengths and misconceptions, and discuss its benefits and weaknesses
Explain cloud structure, properties and management services
Set a cloud adoption strategy
Discuss the main requirements to move current cloud untrusted infrastructure to a trustworthy internet-scale cloud critical computing infrastructure
Analyze the major risks associated with the different cloud services and deployment models
Discuss the main principles, mechanisms and best practices for treating cloud risks
Demonstrate the discussed concepts using practical case studies, business models and industrial tools

Target Audience

IT and infrastructure leaders, decision makers (CxO), risk analysts, strategic planners, architects, administrators, software and business developers, and project managers

Target Competencies

Cloud management
Identity management
Access management
Security risks management

Cloud overview
- Cloud definition, misconceptions and evolution
- Cloud services and deployment types
- Challenges
Cloud management
- Cloud structure and its properties
- Virtual and application layer management services
- Cloud dynamic nature and its challenges
- Application development and integration within clouds
- Security best practices for automating cloud infrastructure management
- Clarifying the concepts using industrial platforms
Establishing trust in clouds
- Defining cloud trustworthiness
- Its properties
- Assessing cloud trustworthiness
- Establishing trust in:
  - Private
  - Hybrid
  - Community
  - Public cloud deployment types
- Establishing trust in:
  - IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)
  - PaaS (Platform as a Service)
  - SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Clarifying the concepts using openstack management platform
Identity and access management
- Authentication
- Authorization
- Access management
- Federated access management
- Insiders vs attackers
- Insiders analysis and management
- Related industrial tools:
  - Cloud insider treatments
  - Cloud strong authentication
Provenance in clouds
- Definition and attributes
- Challenges faced
- Security risks mitigation using provenance
- Case studies for using provenance:
  - Forensic investigation
  - Trustworthy operational management
  - Proactive and predictive management
  - Bill assurance
- Related industrial tools

Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC)

MPC certified courses by Meirc Training and Consulting are designed for those willing to challenge themselves and go the extra distance. Participants who fully attend an MPC course and successfully complete the test on the last day, will receive a Meirc Professional Certificate (MPC), in addition to the one they receive for attendance. MPC certificates are regionally recognized and can be quite valuable when applying for more senior roles within the organization or outside.