Developing and Deploying Effective Cloud Cyber Security: Best Practices for Your Organization

Author: Stephen M. Yoss

Protecting your organization from cyber threats is paramount in today’s business environment. There are countless ways that your data can be compromised and the industry’s best practices are ever-changing to adapt to the latest threats. Increasingly more professionals are working remotely and Cloud technology is what is connecting us all. It is business-critical that our organizations have correct and relevant security settings and procedures. Permissive security and privacy controls for Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, or Google could pose a major security risk to the organization.

This course looks at practical approaches to managing the security and privacy settings of today’s major Cloud tools. It will give specific and direct advice on best practices for configuration and settings for today’s major Cloud platforms to promote better security. Specific attention will be paid to the major Cloud business platforms including, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Zoho. We will review everything from the importance of multi-factor authentication, to user levels/permissions, to methods to quickly identify when a user’s account might be compromised. Business professionals will leave the class with specific insight on how they can protect their organization’s cloud data.

Publication Date: September 2022

Topics Covered

• Getting Started with Data Breaches
• Intrusion Attempts
• Impact of Work From Anywhere (WFA)
• Data & Privacy Regulations
• Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) Security Model
• Implementing Security Policies in Your Organization
• Overall Security Recommendations
• The Importance of Backing Up Your Systems and Data
• Microsoft/Office 365 & Azure
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Learning Objectives

• Identify the location of the security and privacy settings for the major cloud providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Zoho
• Recognize how to determine which security and privacy features are relevant to your organization and their optimum settings
• Recognize how to develop a training plan to increase the knowledge and awareness of the importance of security and privacy to an organization's staff and stakeholders
• List, determine, and implement major security technologies such as multifactor authentication, data loss prevention, access control lists, and more to improve the protection of an organization's cloud data
• Identify how to implement better internal controls using tools such as Microsoft's Security and Compliance center or Amazon's Identity and Access Management to reduce the risk of a data breach
• Recognize the importance and impact of privacy frameworks such as GDPR or CCPA on business today
• Identify how to implement better security inside your Cloud tools to promote better compliance with these and other major privacy frameworks
• Identify what occurs when an unauthorized 3rd party penetrates an individual or organization's information systems and steals their data
• Identify what percentage of cyber attacks are aimed at small businesses in 2022
• Identify the major attack trend that is anticipated to increase the most in 2022 based on SonicWall's 2022 Cyber Threat Report
• Identify the central concept behind the zero-trust security model
• Identify the percentage of businesses that suffer a significant data loss shut down within 24 months

Level
Basic

Instructional Method
Self-Study

NASBA Field of Study
Computer Software & Applications (2 hours)

Program Prerequisites
None

Advance Preparation
None