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Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838987664

Length 560 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cloud Security

Authors (2):

Omar A. Turner

Ms. Navya Lakshmana

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Chapter 1: Core Cloud Concepts

2. Chapter 2: Cloud Reference Architecture FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 3: Top Threats and Essential Cloud Security Concepts and Controls

4. Chapter 4: Design Principles for Secure Cloud Computing

5. Chapter 5: How to Evaluate Your Cloud Service Provider

6. Chapter 6: Cloud Data Security Concepts and Architectures

7. Chapter 7: Data Governance Essentials

8. Chapter 8: Essential Infrastructure and Platform Components for a Secure Data Center

9. Chapter 9: Analyzing Risks

10. Chapter 10: Security Control Implementation

11. Chapter 11: Planning for the Worst-Case Scenario – Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

12. Chapter 12: Application Security

13. Chapter 13: Secure Software Development Life Cycle

14. Chapter 14: Assurance, Validation, and Verification in Security

15. Chapter 15: Application-Centric Cloud Architecture

16. Chapter 16: IAM Design

17. Chapter 17: Cloud Physical and Logical Infrastructure (Operationalization and Maintenance)

18. Chapter 18: International Operational Controls and Standards

19. Chapter 19: Digital Forensics

20. Chapter 20: Managing Communications

21. Chapter 21: Security Operations Center Management

22. Chapter 22: Legal Challenges and the Cloud

23. Chapter 23: Privacy and the Cloud

24. Chapter 24: Cloud Audit Processes and Methodologies

25. Chapter 25: Accessing the Online Practice Resources

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