CCAK - Annex with support material
Additional learning site for Certified Cloud Auditing Knowledge
Certificate of Cloud Auditing Knowledge. This is additional material to the official courseware, which is not part of this course.
Your Instructor
I am one of the most experienced independent cloud trainers worldwide. Since 2011 I am focussed on developing and delivering cloud computing training, mainly related to business value and business risk of cloud computing.
I have delivered the CCSK cloud security training over 150 times myself in more than a dozen countries. On top of that I developed and delivered more cloud training in more countries.
My background is broad. I worked as a researcher and instructor at Twente University, as a project leader and consultant at EDS and an internet provider, and as an IT strategy, IT risk and digital infrastructures consultant at Deloitte.
Course Curriculum
Preparation
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PreviewOverview of the program
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PreviewHow to use this course
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StartNon Disclosure, Chatham House Rule, and your participation
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StartIntroduce yourself
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PreviewMarketing collateral
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PreviewCourseware provisioning
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StartCCAK Participant Guide
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PreviewOnline through Adobe Connect, and how to find recordings
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PreviewStudy and background resources
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PreviewSTOP right NOW!
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StartChatbot for CCAK
During the program
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StartChapter 1: Cloud Governance
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StartChapter 1: your pre-work
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StartChapter 1: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 2: Cloud Compliance Program
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StartChapter 2: your pre-work
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StartChapter 2: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 3: Introducing CCM and CAIQ
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StartChapter 3: your pre-work
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StartChapter 3: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 4: A Threat Analysis Methodology for Cloud Using CCM
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StartChapter 4: your pre-work
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StartChapter 4: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 5: Cloud Auditing
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StartChapter 5: your pre-work
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StartChapter 5: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 6: Evaluating a Cloud Compliance Program
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StartChapter 6: your pre-work
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StartChapter 6: pre-work assignment submissions
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StartChapter 7: CCM Auditing Guidelines
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StartChapter 8: Continuous Assurance and Compliance
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StartChapter 9: Security Trust Assurance and Risk (STAR) Program
Preliminaries, alternates and extras
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PreviewAbout this section
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StartA business story on governance
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PreviewFailed governance - a US federal government example
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PreviewYouTube channel ClubCloudComputing and more
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StartA hybrid IT supply chain example (3:55)
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StartGetting started in AWS: VM with some security controls (8:52)
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StartCCMv4 and related tools
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StartIT risk basics
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StartOverview of IT risk management and audit
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StartSome IAM resources
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StartCloud architecture for security
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StartHybrid cloud as a migration strategy
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StartDevops CI/CD pipeline demo (4:23)
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StartSecurity scaling with infra as code
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StartAPI gateway products according to Gartner
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StartContinuous Monitoring
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StartPodcasts to listen to
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StartISO Standards by number
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StartThe Notorious 'Right to Audit'
Courses Included with Purchase
Understand the CCSK (v5) Cloud Security Certificate
Everything you need to know to decide whether you should pursue the CCSK certificate
$10
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Frequently Asked Questions
Who is the CCAK for?
The CCAK is very relevant for professionals who are involved in cloud risk management and audit, such as auditors, risk assessors, and governance professionals. Another group of professionals who will benefit are security architects.
How much time should we budget?
The CCAK study guide is about 400 pages. At 3 minutes per page, this amounts to 20 hours of reading. The online instruction (5 days of 4 hours) is about 20 hours. With some additional preparation and doing the actual exam, it seems wise to budget around 50 hours for this. If you are in the field, this sounds like a good investment of your time.
What if I need more time?
Just like my CCSK workshops, I will run the CCAK workshops regularly. Once registered, you can keep coming back to my instructor-led online sessions.