- Understand Cloud Computing Concepts
- Cloud Computing Definitions
- Cloud Computing Roles (e.g., cloud service customer, cloud service provider, cloud service partner, cloud service broker)
- Key Cloud Computing Characteristics (e.g., on-demand self-service, broad network access, multi-tenancy, rapid elasticity and scalability, resource pooling, measured service)
- Building Block Technologies (e.g., virtualization, storage, networking, databases, orchestration)
- Describe Cloud Reference Architecture
- Cloud Computing Activities
- Cloud Service Capabilities (e.g., application capability types, platform capability types, infrastructure capability types)
- Cloud Service Categories (e.g., Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS))
- Cloud Deployment Models (e.g., public, private, hybrid, community)
- Cloud Shared Considerations (e.g., interoperability, portability, reversibility, availability, security, privacy, resiliency, performance, governance, maintenance and versioning, service levels and Service Level Agreements (SLA), auditability, regulatory)
- Impact of Related Technologies (e.g., machine learning, artificial intelligence, blockchain, Internet of Things (IoT), containers, quantum computing)
- Understand Security Concepts Relevant to Cloud Computing
- Cryptography and Key Management
- Access Control
- Data and Media Sanitization (e.g., overwriting, cryptographic erase)
- Network Security (e.g., network security groups)
- Virtualization Security (e.g., hypervisor security, container security)
- Common Threats
- Understand Design Principles of Secure Cloud Computing
- Cloud Secure Data Lifecycle
- Cloud based Disaster Recovery (DR) and Business Continuity (BC) planning
- Cost Benefit Analysis
- Functional Security Requirements (e.g., portability, interoperability, vendor lock-in)
- Security Considerations for Different Cloud Categories (e.g., Software as a Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS))
- Evaluate Cloud Service Providers
- Verification Against Criteria (e.g., International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) 27017, Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS))
- System/subsystem Product Certifications (e.g., Common Criteria (CC), Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2)
