The Introducing Cisco Cloud Consumer Security (SECICC) v1.0 course gives you a technical overview of basic concepts and components of the cloud, and the Cisco® solutions used to provide comprehensive security of your cloud-based environment.

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. This introductory course provides insights on using Cisco Stealthwatch Cloud, Cisco Cloudlock, Cisco Umbrella and more to protect the user when using cloud-based applications.

Associated Certification: none

Associated Exam: none

Course Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

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

Target Audience

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

Course Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites, but you’ll get the most from the course if you have the following knowledge and skills:

• Basic computer literacy
• Basic PC operating system navigation skills
• Basic Internet usage skills
• Basic IP address knowledge

We also recommend that you have the following skills:

• Prior knowledge of cloud computing and virtualization software basics