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C|CSE: Certified Cloud Security Engineer

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Course Overview

The EC-Council Certified Cloud Security Engineer (CCSE) Training is an advanced, hands-on program designed for cybersecurity professionals, cloud engineers, and IT leaders responsible for securing cloud environments. As businesses migrate to cloud platforms, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud-based assets has become critical.

This course provides a comprehensive understanding of cloud security principles, cloud threat landscapes, risk management, compliance, and best practices across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Participants will learn how to design, implement, and maintain secure cloud architectures using industry-standard frameworks and EC-Council methodologies.

The training emphasizes practical labs, case studies, and real-world scenarios, equipping learners with the skills required to mitigate cloud threats, enforce access controls, secure data, and respond effectively to cloud security incidents. By the end of the course, participants will have the expertise to manage cloud security risks confidently while supporting enterprise objectives.

Course Objective:

  • Understand cloud computing models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and associated security challenges
  • Design secure cloud architectures that meet organizational and regulatory requirements
  • Implement access controls, identity management, and encryption strategies in cloud environments
  • Identify and mitigate cloud-specific threats such as misconfigurations, insider threats, and supply chain risks
  • Integrate cloud security policies with enterprise security governance frameworks
  • Conduct cloud risk assessments and vulnerability management
  • Monitor cloud environments and detect security incidents in real time
  • Develop incident response and disaster recovery strategies for cloud infrastructures
  • Ensure compliance with standards such as ISO 27017, CSA STAR, GDPR, and HIPAA in cloud deployments
  • Apply practical, enterprise-ready cloud security solutions across public, private, and hybrid clouds

Prerequisites:

To be eligible to challenge the EC-Council C|CSE certification examination, a candidate should:

  • Should have a working knowledge of network security management
  • Basic understanding of cloud computing concepts

Course requirements

  • Network Security Administrator
  • Network Security Engineer
  • Network Security Analyst
  • Cybersecurity Engineer
  • Cybersecurity Analyst
  • Cloud Administrator
  • Cloud Engineer
  • Cloud Analyst
  • InfoSec professionals
  • CND Certified professionals
  • OR any other role that involves network/cloud administration, management, and operations

Schedule Dates

13 April 2026 - 17 April 2026
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13 July 2026 - 17 July 2026
C|CSE: Certified Cloud Security Engineer
19 October 2026 - 23 October 2026
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25 January 2027 - 29 January 2027
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Course Content

  • This module provides a basic understanding of cloud computing and its service models, including the various threats and vulnerabilities found in the cloud. It highlights various factors for evaluating service providers and understanding the shared security responsibility model of service providers. Understanding the shared responsibility model provided by the cloud service provider is essential to configuring the cloud environment securely and protecting organizational resources.

  • This module explains the key components and technology that make the architecture of the cloud and the various techniques involved in securing the multi-tenancy, virtualized, physical, and logical cloud components. It demonstrates the configurations to secure the physical data center. Users can learn the best practices to secure the workload, computing resources, and networks in the cloud. This module demonstrates the use of various services and tools provided for network and computing security in Azure, AWS, and Google cloud.

  • This module focuses on securing cloud applications, from designing to deployment of an application in the cloud. It explains the changes in the Secure Software Development Life Cycle (SSDLC) in the cloud. It shows how service providers’ identity and access management features help implement authentication and authorization and restrict unauthorized users from accessing cloud resources. It teaches the implementation of security controls throughout the software development life cycle. This module highlights integrating security into DevOps and the continuous integration/ continuous deployment (CI/CD) model for developing and deploying cloud applications. This module demonstrates the use of various services and tools provided for application security in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

  • Data security is the major concern while migrating to the cloud. This module covers the basics of cloud data storage, its life cycle, and various controls to protect data-in-rest and data-in-transit in the cloud. This module includes data storage features and various services and tools for securing the data stored in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

  • This module includes the security controls for building, implementing, operating, managing, and maintaining physical and logical infrastructure for cloud environments. It covers the services, features, and tools AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud provide for operational security

  • This module demonstrates how to implement a comprehensive penetration testing methodology for assessing the security of an organization’s cloud infrastructure. It demonstrates the various services and tools used to perform penetration testing in AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

  • An incident response (IR) plan is crucial to prevent security breaches in the cloud. This module describes the incident response life cycle and highlights the considerations for responders in each phase of the IR plan in a cloud environment. It highlights the use of SOAR in automating incident response in the cloud. This module explores the incident response capabilities provided by AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. It demonstrates various tools and services for incident detection and response.

  • Access to forensic data and the forensic investigation process in a cloud computing environment differ from the network forensic investigation process. This module highlights various cloud forensic challenges and data collection methodologies. It demonstrates how to investigate security incidents in the cloud using various tools provided by AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

  • Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) is important in the cloud because a third party manages the resources. This module teaches the role of the business continuity and disaster recovery plan in the cloud. It explains backup and recovery tools and the services and features provided by service providers such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to prepare and manage outages to ensure business continuity

  • This module highlights the standards, policies, and legal issues related to the cloud. It highlights various legal and compliance issues found in a cloud environment. It discusses various cloud security standards and audit planning in the cloud. It demonstrates the features, services, and tools for compliance and auditing in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

  • This module highlights the standards, policies, and legal issues related to the cloud. It highlights various legal and compliance issues found in a cloud environment. It discusses various cloud security standards and audit planning in the cloud. It demonstrates the features, services, and tools for compliance and auditing in Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

FAQs

The CCSE (Certified Cloud Security Engineer) certification validates expertise in designing, implementing, and managing secure cloud environments. It is important for professionals responsible for protecting cloud assets, mitigating risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance in modern enterprise cloud deployments.

The course includes identity and access management, encryption, network security, threat detection, vulnerability management, compliance, cloud governance, risk management, and incident response, offering a comprehensive approach to cloud security.

Absolutely. CCSE emphasizes practical, real-world labs, allowing participants to configure secure cloud environments, apply access controls, monitor threats, and respond to simulated cloud security incidents in a controlled setting.

Yes. Learners gain expertise in monitoring cloud activity, identifying anomalous behavior, investigating incidents, and executing incident response plans tailored for cloud infrastructures, minimizing operational and financial impacts.

Unlike general cloud certifications that focus on deployment and management, CCSE emphasizes security at every layer of the cloud infrastructure, combining technical, operational, and governance best practices to protect enterprise cloud assets comprehensively.

After CCSE certification, professionals can pursue roles such as Cloud Security Engineer, Cloud Security Architect, Security Operations Center (SOC) Analyst, Cloud Security Consultant, DevSecOps Engineer, and IT Risk Manager. The certification enhances credibility and opens opportunities in enterprise, government, and managed cloud environments.