Cloud-Security-Specialist Exam Information and Outline
Cloud Security Specialist
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 10, 2026
Cloud-Security-Specialist Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- Online-proctored multiple-choice certification exam (Pearson VUE) covering the modules below
- Practice exam questions provided with the certification bundle
- Module 1: Fundamental Cloud Computing
- Cloud terminology, concepts and virtualization basics
- Cloud characteristics: on-demand usage, elasticity, resiliency, measured usage
- Benefits, challenges, risks and cloud roles
- Delivery models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
- Deployment models: public, private, hybrid, community
- Cost metrics and SLA quality-of-service formulas
- Module 2: Cloud Technology Concepts
- Cloud architecture mechanisms: virtual servers, failover, scaling, load balancing
- Containerization vs. virtualization
- Cloud balancing and cloud bursting
- Cloud security threats and countermeasures
- Cloud storage; NoSQL vs. relational storage
- Service implementation (Web and REST services) and testing considerations
- Industry standards organizations
- Module 3: Fundamental Cloud Security
- Security basics, mechanisms and threat categorization
- Network security patterns
- Identity and access management and federation
- Trust attestation, logging, monitoring and auditing
- Module 4: Advanced Cloud Security
- VM platform protection and secure ephemeral perimeters
- Trusted resource pools; data loss and breach protection
- Isolated trust boundaries, attack lifecycle and incident response
- Threat modeling
- Module 5: Cloud Security Lab
- IAM setup and PKI exercises
- Data breach scenarios, encryption and key management
- Cloud service protection and network security architecture