Cloud Security Operations

What you will be able to do

• You will be able to design a centralized logging pipeline that collects control-plane, data-plane, network, and identity telemetry across many cloud accounts into one searchable store.
• You will be able to normalize cloud logs to a common schema and set retention and routing that balance investigation needs against cost.
• You will be able to map cloud attacks to the MITRE ATT&CK Cloud matrix and write detections for the techniques that matter most in your environment.
• You will be able to operate cloud-native detection services such as Amazon GuardDuty, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, and Google Security Command Center, and tune them to cut false positives.
• You will be able to run a cloud incident end to end using an adapted NIST SP 800-61 lifecycle, from detection through containment, eradication, and recovery.
• You will be able to contain and investigate incidents with cloud-native actions: isolate workloads by API, revoke credentials and sessions, and acquire snapshots and memory as evidence.
• You will be able to automate compliance with policy-as-code and continuous control monitoring, mapping guardrails to the CIS Benchmarks and NIST SP 800-53.
• You will be able to deploy a Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) and use its posture, workload, and identity signals to prioritize risk by real exposure.

What is inside

4 modules, 8 lessons. Each module ends in a graded quiz and most carry an assignment.

1. 01

   Centralized Logging and Cloud Visibility

   You cannot detect or respond to what you cannot see, and in the cloud the evidence is scattered across control-plane audit logs, data-plane events, network flow logs, and identity providers. This module shows how to collect that telemetry across many accounts, centralize it into a security data lake or SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) platform, and normalize it to a common schema such as OCSF (Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework). You will also set retention and routing deliberately, so investigations have the data they need without an unbounded bill.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions

2. 02

   Threat Detection for the Cloud

   Raw logs are not detection. This module frames the cloud threat model (credential abuse, instance metadata attacks, privilege escalation, and resource hijacking), maps it to the MITRE ATT&CK Cloud matrix, then puts the cloud-native detectors (Amazon GuardDuty, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Google Security Command Center) to work alongside your own detection-as-code, tuned to kill false positives.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions · assignment

3. 03

   Incident Response in the Cloud

   When an incident hits a cloud environment, the clock runs faster and the ground moves under you: infrastructure is ephemeral, everything is reachable through APIs, and a single stolen credential can touch your whole estate in seconds. This module rebuilds the incident response playbook for that reality. You will adapt the NIST SP 800-61 lifecycle to the cloud, locate the shared responsibility line during a live event, and practice cloud-native containment, forensic acquisition, and automated response using SOAR and serverless functions.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions

4. 04

   Compliance Automation and CNAPP

   Advanced cloud security prevents whole classes of incidents by keeping posture continuously correct. This module turns compliance into automation: policy-as-code, preventive and detective guardrails mapped to the CIS Benchmarks and NIST SP 800-53, and continuous control monitoring that produces audit evidence as a byproduct of running the platform. It closes with CNAPP, converging CSPM, CWPP, and CIEM so you prioritize real, connected risk instead of isolated findings.

   2 lessons · 5 quiz questions · assignment