Fundamentals of Cloud Security offers a structured, framework-based approach to understanding, implementing, and securing cloud environments. Built around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, it connects identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery to practical applications across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. This First Edition text guides readers through readiness assessments, shared responsibility, governance, compliance, and architectural considerations that shape secure, scalable cloud systems.
Content explores the cloud threat ecosystem, principles of security and trust, and the strategies, tools, and controls that drive resilient operations. Case studies and real-world examples illustrate how to bridge theory and practice, while coverage of emerging security roles, automated tools, and AI-driven techniques highlights the evolution of cloud protection. Designed for cybersecurity and cloud computing programs to support applied, program-level learning.
Features and Benefits
• Organized around the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, linking key lifecycle stages to practical cloud security strategies.
• Applies real-world scenarios and provider specifics for AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud to strengthen practical understanding.
• Covers readiness, governance, and compliance, providing tools to evaluate cloud migration and manage ongoing alignment.
• Highlights emerging roles and shift-left/shift-right security, guiding modern approaches to multi-cloud threat management.
• Explores AI-driven and automated security approaches that enhance monitoring, response, and governance across deployments.
• Offers immersive, scenario-based Cloud Labs that reinforce concepts through real-world, hands-on virtual practice.
• Instructor resources include PowerPoint slides, test bank, sample syllabi, instructor manual, and time-on-task documentation.
Cloud Labs for Fundamentals of Cloud Security provide an interactive, hands-on environment for applying core concepts from the text. Each lab reinforces principles from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, guiding users through identification, protection, detection, response, and recovery within simulated cloud systems. Exercises explore security implementation across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, emphasizing governance, compliance, automation, and AI-driven defense strategies that translate theory into practical, real-world cloud security skills.
Labs:
1. Configure Networks
2. Manage Resources
3. Access Control
4. Secure Deployment
5. Data Protection
6. Secrets Management
7. Monitoring
8. Responding to Events
9. Configuring Backups
10. OpenStack Backup and Recovery Testing
Andy Igonor, PhD
Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional, Educator, Consultant and Entrepreneur
Andy Igonor is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with deep expertise in security, data governance, compliance, and risk management. He has partnered with leading organizations to design and implement secure cloud strategies that support effective and resilient digital transformation. His extensive knowledge of cloud security frameworks, along with practical experience applying advanced security concepts in real-world environments, informs this comprehensive guide to navigating today’s evolving cloud threat landscape.