Education

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge - Foundation

The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) Foundation class provides students a comprehensive one day review of cloud security fundamentals and prepares them to take the Cloud Security Alliance CCSK certificate exam. Starting with a detailed description of cloud computing, the course covers all major domains in the Guidance document from the Cloud Security Alliance, the Cloud Control Matrix (CCM) from the Cloud Security Alliance, and the recommendations from the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).

This class is geared towards security professionals, but is also useful for anyone looking to expand their knowledge of cloud security. (We recommend attendees have at least a basic understanding of security fundamentals, such as firewalls, secure development, encryption, and identity management). View the class schedule page.

Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge - Plus
The CCSK Plus class builds upon the CCSK Foundation class with expanded material and extensive hands-on activities with a second day of training. Students will learn to apply their knowledge as they perform a series of exercises as they complete a scenario bringing a fictional organization securely into the cloud.

This second day of training includes additional lecture, although student’s will spend most of their time assessing, building, and securing a cloud infrastructure during the exercises. View the class schedule page.

CCSK Training Partner Program
For organizations wishing to be partners to provide training for the above courses, please review the CCSK Training Partner Program here. View the class schedule page.

Training Course Overview

This training course is designed to provide training for CSA's Cloud Controls Matrix (CCM), which is a part of CSA’s GRC Stack toolkit. The course will also provide an introduction to the Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire (CAIQ) and CSA Security, Trust & Assurance Registry (STAR).

Course curriculum will center on:

KEY LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Upon completion of this training, the attendee should be able to use the CCM and CAIQ to be able to:

For a cloud vendor:

For a cloud customer or cloud auditor:

CCM Training is currently being offered upon request. Please email us for more information.

Upcoming Training Opportunities

CCM Training is currently being offered upon request. Please email us for more information.

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CSA CCSK Training

Q. Does CSA provide training programs for CCSK test preparation?

A. Yes. CSA has developed a training program that provides hands-on experience in securing a cloud environment and that assists students in achieving CCSK certification:

• CCSK Foundation - This course provides a solid foundation in cloud security fundamentals and covers all the material needed to pass the CCSK exam. The course is designed to appeal to a wide range of knowledge levels, but we highly recommend a solid security foundation. This training is a lecture-only, one-day course.

• CCSK Plus - This course provides a solid foundation in cloud security and includes a full day of hands-on labs to apply the principles in practice. It incorporates new, expanded material for advanced students. The course covers all the material needed to pass the CCSK v4 exam while adding a pragmatic approach to immediately kickstart your cloud security projects. (**Note: All labs use Amazon Web Services, and students will need to have an AWS account and a laptop, instructions are sent before class). We do include demonstrations of some other major cloud platforms, such as Microsoft Azure, but all exercises are restricted to AWS.**

  The course is designed to appeal to a wide range of skill levels, but we highly recommend a solid security foundation and, for the labs, experience making SSH connections. While most of the labs occur in a web browser, you will need to connect to Linux cloud servers and copy and paste a handful of command lines. This training mixes lecture and lab modules across two days.

Q. Are live, instructor-led trainings available, and if so, what is the cost?

A. Yes, CSA works with several training partners to provide live, instructor-led training, both in the classroom and remotely. These trainings happen in a variety of settings (i.e. standalone, at conferences, dedicated in-company training sessions, etc.).

For a more detailed overview of training dates and cost, please check here.

Q. Is there an option for an on-site training?

A. Yes, CSA organizes on-site training sessions in collaboration with our training partners.

Q. How can I become a CCSK Instructor?

A. To become a CCSK instructor you must comply with all the following requirements:

• Individual must hold a CCSK certificate
• Individual must hold a current (currently v4) CCSK PLUS training certificate
• Individual must complete a current (currently v4) CCSK Train the Trainer (TTT) course
• Individual must pass the TTT exam
• Individual must maintain a current CCSK instructor certificate
• Individual must become affiliated with a CSA CCSK Training Partner

Q. How can I become a CCSK training partner?

A. To become a CCSK training partner you must comply with the following requirements:

• A company must sign the CSA CCSK Training partner agreement
• A company must employee or hire at least one certified CSA CCSK instructor

Q. I’m already a CCSK v3 Instructor. What steps will I need take to bring my instructor certificate current with CCSK v4?

A. Current CCSK v3 certified instructors will be required to go through CCSK v4 online TTT course and pass all quizzes and the final TTT exam.

Q. When will the TTT course be available?

A. The TTT course will be available November 2017. Current instructors will be notified as soon as it is available.

Q. I have not taken CCSK Plus v4 yet. When will I be able to do that?

A. CCSK v4 course availability will be posted on the CSA schedule as training partners submit their offerings.

Q. How do I take the TTT course?

A. Once you have satisfied the pre-requites for the TTT course, email [email protected] and attach your proof of pre-requisite satisfaction. Once your submittal is verified you will receive a reply with instructions on how to proceed.

Please contact CSA at [email protected] for additional details.

CCSK Master Training Partners

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CCSK Training Partners

CSA Authorized Instructors

Completion of the CCSK and CCM Train The Trainer courses demonstrate a superior level of knowledge of all CCSK and CCM course material and the ability to convey CCSK and CCM course concepts to others. As such CSA hereby authorizes the following instructors to deliver CCSK Foundation, CCSK Plus, and CCM courses.

CCSK Authorized Instructors

CCM Authorized Instructors