Cloud Fundamentals
A vendor-neutral path through the cloud building blocks: service and deployment models, compute, storage, virtual networking, identity, encryption, infrastructure as code and posture monitoring, each tied to the shared responsibility model and audit evidence.
9
rooms
1530
total XP
8h
est. time
What you'll be able to do
- ›Apply the shared responsibility model to IaaS, PaaS and SaaS
- ›Explain compute, storage and network building blocks and their failure modes
- ›Read identity policies and key hierarchies like an assessor
- ›Find and rank misconfigurations in a cloud account export
Rooms
Cloud Concepts and Shared Responsibility
Classify cloud services, locate the operational boundary, and prove the controls that remain with the customer.
Compute Building Blocks
Locate compute isolation boundaries and preserve deployment evidence after workloads disappear.
Storage Building Blocks
Choose storage interfaces and distinguish surviving data, reachable data, and recoverable data.
Cloud Networking
Trace cloud packet paths and turn subnet, routing, and filtering decisions into testable isolation controls.
Cloud Identity and Access
Trace principals, policy decisions and temporary sessions; constrain workloads and protect emergency access with testable controls.
Cloud Data Protection
Trace encrypted data and key dependencies, then test classification, location, and destruction claims against evidence.
Infrastructure as Code and Immutability
Turn infrastructure changes into reviewed, reproducible deployments without mistaking state, plans, or images for security guarantees.
Cloud Logging, Monitoring and Posture
Distinguish administrative changes from data access, protect central audit evidence, and turn configuration findings into verified remediation.
Cloud Fundamentals Capstone
Reconstruct cloud attack paths, rank account control gaps, and deliver a testable remediation plan.