• Introduction to Cloud Asset Management
✔ Evolution and Context
✔ Differences from Traditional IT
✔ Importance of Cloud Asset Management
✔ Overview of Cloud Assets
• Compute Assets
• Storage Assets
• Network Assets
✔ Summary
• Cloud Asset Classification and Lifecycle
✔ Understanding Cloud Asset Types
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
• Platform as a Service (PaaS)
• Software as a Service (SaaS)
✔ Asset Management Pipeline
• Procurement Leaks
• Processing Leaks
• Tooling Leaks
• Findings Leaks
• Tagging Cloud Assets
✔ Case Studies and Examples
✔ Summary
• Cloud Identity and Access Management
✔ Overview and Necessity of Identity Management
✔ Differences from Traditional IT
✔ Lifecycle of Identity and Access Management
• Request
• Approval
• Creation, Deletion, Grant, or Revocation
✔ Authentication in Cloud Environments
• Cloud IAM Identities
• Business-to-Consumer and Business-to-Employee
• Multi-Factor Authentication
• Passwords and API Keys
• Shared IDs
• Federated Identity
• Single Sign-On
• Instance Metadata and Identity Documents
• Secrets Management
✔ Authorization
• Centralized Authorization
• Roles
• Revalidation
• Putting It All Together in the Sample Application
✔ Case Studies and Best Practices
✔ Summary
• Cloud Vulnerability Landscape
✔ Landscape of Cloud Vulnerabilities
• Differences from Traditional IT
• Vulnerable Areas Overview
• Data Access
• Application
• Middleware
• Operating System
• Network
• Virtualized Infrastructure
• Physical Infrastructure
✔ Case Studies: Real-world Vulnerability Incidents
✔ Summary
• Strategies for Finding and Fixing Vulnerabilities
✔ Network Vulnerability Scanning
✔ Agentless Scanning and Configuration Management
✔ Agent-Based Scanning and Configuration Management
✔ Cloud Provider Security Management Tools
✔ Container Security: Scanning and Best Practices
✔ Dynamic Application Scanning (DAST)
✔ Static Application Scanning (SAST)
✔ Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
✔ Interactive Application Scanning (IAST)
✔ Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP)
✔ Manual Code Reviews
✔ Penetration Testing
✔ User-Generated Reports
✔ Summary
• Tools and Technologies for Vulnerability Management
✔ Overview of Vulnerability Management Tools
✔ Comparative Analysis of Key Tools
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Integration Capabilities
• User-Friendliness
• Cost Considerations
✔ Selecting the Right Tools for Your Cloud Environment
✔ Case Studies: Effective Implementation of Tools
✔ Summary
• Risk Management in Cloud Security
✔ Understanding and Assessing Risks
✔ Risk Mitigation Strategies
• Risk Transfer
• Risk Acceptance
• Risk Avoidance
• Risk Reduction
✔ Integrating Risk Management into Vulnerability Management
✔ Case Studies: Successful Risk Management in the Cloud
✔ Summary
• Metrics and Measurement in Vulnerability Management
✔ Importance of Metrics
✔ Key Metrics for Vulnerability Management
• Tool Coverage
• Mean Time to Remediate (MTTR)
• Systems/Applications with Open Vulnerabilities
• Percentage of False Positives
• Percentage of False Negatives
• Vulnerability Recurrence Rate
• Change Management Metrics
✔ Establishing and Improving Metrics
✔ Case Studies: Metric-Driven Security Improvements
✔ Summary
• Continuous Improvement in Cloud Security
✔ The Concept of Continuous Improvement
✔ Building a Culture of Security
✔ Continuous Monitoring and Adaptation
✔ Learning from Incidents and Near Misses
✔ Case Studies: Successful Continuous Improvement Initiatives
✔ Summary
• Future Trends in Cloud Security
✔ Emerging Technologies and Trends
✔ Anticipated Threats and Challenges
✔ Evolving Regulations and Compliance
✔ Preparing for the Future
✔ Summary and Concluding Remarks