Course Information

About this course:

This course will provide you a technical overview of basic concepts and components of the Cisco® solutions used to secure you cloud based environment.

This introductory course provides insights on using Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud, Cisco Cloudlock, Cisco Umbrella and more to maintain security when using cloud-based applications. In this primarily lecture-based course, you'll learn the basics from a cloud consumer perspective including securing cloud and Software as a Service (SaaS) application environments.

Course Objective:

You will be equipped with the following skills after taking this course:

• Describe Cisco security offerings for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Define methods to secure SaaS application usage.
• Describe public, private, and hybrid cloud models, concepts, and design.
• Explain the concepts and components for securing cloud environments.

Audience:

• Cloud security consumers
• Cloud application administrators
• IT managers
• Line of business managers
• Cisco integrators and partners
• Solutions architects
• Cloud architects
• Network engineers and administrators
• System engineers and adminstrators

Prerequisite:

There are no prerequisites, but it is advised to have the following knowledge and skills to fully benefit from this course:

• Basic Internet usage skills
• Basic IP address knowledge
• Basic computer literacy
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills
• Prior knowledge of cloud computing and virtualization software basics