Certified - CCSP Audio Course

E-Discovery and legal holds present unique challenges in the cloud, where data may be distributed across services and regions. This episode explains how organizations must preserve, collect, and prod…

Privacy by design integrates data protection principles into every stage of system development. This episode covers key practices such as data minimization, consent management, and Data Protection Im…

Where data resides can be just as important as how it is secured. This episode explores sovereignty issues, including residency requirements, localization mandates, and cross-border transfer controls…

Secure deletion is essential to prevent residual data exposure when storage is repurposed or decommissioned. This episode explains sanitization methods, from overwriting and degaussing to crypto-eras…

Retention policies dictate how long data must be preserved and in what form. This episode covers how cloud platforms implement backup, archival storage, and versioning features to meet these requirem…

Data Loss Prevention (DLP) systems help prevent sensitive information from leaving controlled environments. In this episode, we describe how DLP works through pattern recognition, policy enforcement,…

Tokenization and masking are techniques for reducing risk by substituting sensitive values with safe alternatives. This episode explains how tokenization preserves format for data such as credit card…

Controlling access to data is as important as protecting it. This episode introduces Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC), Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), and the principle of least privilege as a…

Effective key management is critical to making encryption usable and trustworthy. In this episode, we dive into concepts such as Key Management Systems (KMS), Hardware Security Modules (HSMs), Bring …

Encryption isn’t only about data at rest or in transit—today’s cloud technologies also secure data while it is being processed. This episode explains the emerging field of confidential computing, whe…

Encryption is one of the strongest defenses in the cloud, and the CCSP exam devotes significant focus to it. In this episode, we explore encryption at rest and in transit, explaining how different al…

Classification assigns value and handling requirements to data, and it’s central to both exam content and real-world practice. This episode explains the different levels of sensitivity, from public t…

Data discovery is a critical step in understanding what information you hold and where it resides. In this episode, we discuss how discovery tools and catalogs are used to map data across complex clo…

Understanding the data lifecycle is fundamental to managing information securely in the cloud. This episode walks through each stage—creation, storage, usage, sharing, archival, and destruction—expla…

Domain 2 focuses on protecting data throughout its lifecycle. In this episode, we provide an overview of what the exam expects in this domain, from classification and labeling to encryption, key mana…

Effective governance ensures that cloud adoption aligns with both security and business goals. This episode explores how policies, standards, and design guardrails are codified into the cloud environ…

Threat modeling is a proactive practice for identifying risks before they become incidents. In this episode, we introduce cloud-specific approaches to threat modeling, including how to adapt methods …

Cloud computing makes resilience both easier to achieve and more complex to manage. This episode focuses on designing for availability, fault tolerance, and disaster recovery from the start. We explo…

Networking is at the heart of cloud security, and understanding its architecture is essential for success. This episode walks through how cloud platforms implement virtual networks, how peering conne…

Cloud storage comes in several forms, each optimized for different use cases and each carrying unique security considerations. This episode explores the distinctions among object, block, and file sto…