This course is ideal for:

• Cloud security engineers, architects, and administrators who manage multi-cloud or hybrid environments.
  
• Network and cybersecurity professionals responsible for securing cloud infrastructure and data.
  
• IT auditors, compliance officers, and consultants assessing or implementing cloud security frameworks.
  
• Professionals preparing for advanced roles in cloud governance, security engineering, or compliance.
  

Common roles include:

Cloud Security Engineer • Cloud Architect • Security Analyst • Cloud Administrator • SOC Engineer • IT Manager

There are no mandatory prerequisites for the CCSE certification.

However, EC-Council recommends that learners have:

• At least 2 years of experience in IT, networking, or information security.
  
• Foundational knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
  
• Understanding of security controls, encryption, and network architecture.
  
• (Optional) Prior completion of EC-Council’s Cloud Security Essentials (CSE) or Certified Network Defender (CND) certifications.
  

After completing this course, participants will be able to:

• Design and implement secure cloud architectures across multi-vendor environments.
  
• Apply identity, encryption, and data protection controls in AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  
• Manage security operations, logging, and monitoring within cloud infrastructures.
  
• Conduct risk assessments, audits, and compliance checks aligned with regulatory frameworks.
  
• Integrate DevSecOps into cloud deployment pipelines for continuous security.
  
• Perform cloud-based incident response and digital forensics.
  
• Evaluate vendor security features and align them with organizational policies.
  
• Earn the EC-Council Certified Cloud Security Engineer (CCSE) credential.

Cloud models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), shared responsibility model, NIST/CSA security domains, architecture components.

Cloud attack surfaces, threat vectors, vulnerabilities, secure workload deployment, cloud data lifecycle.

Identity and Access Management (IAM), encryption, key management, SIEM integration, vulnerability scanning, DevSecOps.

Legal and regulatory issues, compliance frameworks (GDPR, HIPAA, PCI-DSS), auditing, SLA management.

Monitoring, logging, incident handling, disaster recovery, forensics in multi-cloud environments.