Cloud Security Professional CCSP
Give your IT career a boost by gaining the skills and training to earn your CCSP certification.
Cloud Security Professional CCSP
Give your IT career a boost by gaining the skills and training to earn your CCSP certification.

Career Insight
What Can I Do With a CCSP Cloud Security Professional Certification?
The Cloud allows businesses of all sizes to operate with greater efficiency and to enjoy increased deployment speed, but security is always a major concern and especially now as more businesses shift to a remote workforce. Now, more than ever, businesses need your expertise as a Cloud Security Professional to control and monitor the cloud. Once you have your CCSP certification, you’ll have learned the technical knowledge to protect your company from data breaches and cyber attacks, but you’ll also need to call on your critical thinking skills, your curiosity, and your passion for learning to excel in this field.
As a certified CCSP Cloud Security Professional, you’ll be able to:
Perform regular audits to ensure security practices are compliant
Implement comprehensive vulnerability management systems
Deploy endpoint detection and prevention tools to thwart malicious hacks
Monitor network and application performance to identify irregular activity
Set up patch management systems to update applications automatically
Work with IT operations to set up a shared disaster recovery/business continuity plan
JOB OUTLOOK
Potential Career Paths
The (ISC)² CCSP Cloud Security Certification is globally recognized and is cybersecurity’s most in-demand cloud certification. Earning the CCSP certification will prove to employers that you have the advanced technical skills and knowledge to design, manage, and secure data as well as manage applications in the cloud using industry-recognized best practices. In a nutshell, it’s the most surefire way to make your skills more marketable and thus, valuable.
This program will prepare you to take the (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification exam. Individuals who have earned these credentials have the skills to find jobs as:
Cyber Security Specialist
Cloud Security Analyst
Cloud Architect
Network Security Specialist
Cloud Administrator
Cloud Professional Developer
17,590
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE US
According to Burning Glass jobs data, demand for Cloud Computing skills will grow 115% over the next 5 years. According to ziprecruiter.com, “the majority of Cloud Security Specialist salaries currently range between $49,500 (25th percentile) to $130,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $166,000 annually across the United States.”
Note: Salaries can vary widely depending on education, experience, employer, and even geographic area. Job and salary information is from Burning Glass Labor Insights, ziprecruiter.com, and the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Data is updated annually to reflect industry changes.
17,590
ENTRY-LEVEL JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE US
According to Burning Glass jobs data, demand for Cloud Computing skills will grow 115% over the next 5 years. According to ziprecruiter.com, “the majority of Cloud Security Specialist salaries currently range between $49,500 (25th percentile) to $130,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $166,000 annually across the United States.”
Note: Salaries can vary widely depending on education, experience, employer, and even geographic area. Job and salary information is from Burning Glass Labor Insights, ziprecruiter.com, and the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics. Data is updated annually to reflect industry changes.
JOB OUTLOOK
Potential Career Paths
The (ISC)² CCSP Cloud Security Certification is globally recognized and is cybersecurity’s most in-demand cloud certification. Earning the CCSP certification will prove to employers that you have the advanced technical skills and knowledge to design, manage, and secure data as well as manage applications in the cloud using industry-recognized best practices. In a nutshell, it’s the most surefire way to make your skills more marketable and thus, valuable.
This program will prepare you to take the (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) certification exam. Individuals who have earned these credentials have the skills to find jobs as:
Cyber Security Specialist
Cyber Security Analyst
Network Security Specialist
Cloud Architect
Here's How It Works

GET TRAINED
Learn at your own pace with our expert-led online training modules.

TAKE EXAMS
Review past quizzes and tests, and take advantage of skills demonstrations and activities to prepare for the certification exam.

CONNECT WITH EMPLOYERS
NTI's Career Services team will connect you with employers hiring for entry-level roles in your field.
Here's How It Works

GET TRAINED
Learn at your own pace with our expert-let online training modules.

TAKE EXAMS
Review past quizzes and tests, and take advantage of skills demonstrations and activities to prepare for the certification exam.

CONNECT WITH EMPLOYERS
NTI's Career Services team will connect you with employers hiring for entry-level roles in your field.
COURSE OVERVIEW
Cloud Security Professional CCSP
Earning your CCSP Cloud Certified Security Professional certification demonstrates to employers that you are well versed in how to handle the challenges and issues that cloud computing has today.
Students can prepare for the (ISC)² CCSP certification exam with the Certified Cloud Security Professional course and lab. The lab simulates real-world, hardware, software, and command-line interface environments. The course and lab are focused on the (ISC)² CCSP exam objectives and include topics such as architectural concepts and design requirements; cloud data security, cloud platform and infrastructure security, cloud application security, operations, and legal and compliance. The (ISC)² CCSP course offers a solid foundation for taking and passing the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam.
Scheduling Details
Schedule: Coursework available 24/7
Total Course Hours: 100
Estimated Completion Time:
Set your own pace…You decide how quickly you want to get certified.
- Students who commit 20 hours/week can complete in 5 weeks.
- Students who commit 10 hours/week can complete in 10 weeks.
Maximum time to complete: Students have access to the online course materials for 12 months.
Instruction & Evaluation Strategies
- Expert-led online video training
- Skills demonstrations, simulations, and online activities to aid learning
- Quizzes and Exams
Books and Materials Used:
No textbooks are required for this course.
A (ISC)² exam voucher is included in the course tuition
Outline/Lessons
- Lesson 1: Introduction
- Lesson 2: Architectural Concepts
- Lesson 3: Design Requirements
- Lesson 4: Data Classification
- Lesson 5: Cloud Data Security
- Lesson 6: Security in the Cloud
- Lesson 7: Responsibilities in the Cloud
- Lesson 8: Cloud Application Security
- Lesson 9: Operations Elements
- Lesson 10: Operations Management
Upon successful completion students will be able to:
- List Cloud Computing Roles and Responsibilities and definitions.
- Identify Foundational Concepts of Cloud Computing.
- Define the Boundaries of Cloud Models.
- Design Principles for Protecting Sensitive Data.
- Identify Data Inventory, Jurisdictional Requirements, and Data Rights Management.
- Outline the Cloud Data Life Cycle, Cloud Storage Architectures, Cloud Data Security Foundational Strategies.
- Describe a Shared Cloud Platform and its Risks and Responsibilities.
- List Cloud Computing Risks by Deployment and Service Model.
- Describe the Shared Administration of OS, Middleware, or Applications.
- Utilize ISO/IEC 27034-1 Standards for Secure Application Development.
- Apply Basic Operational Application Security.
- Understand Change and Configuration Management (CM).
- Develop a Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BC/DR) Plan.
- Describe the Legal Requirements and Unique Risks in the Cloud Environment.
Prerequisites
According to the (ISC)² website:
“Candidates must have a minimum of five years cumulative paid work experience in information technology, of which three years must be in information security and one year in one or more of the six domains of the CCSP CBK. Earning CSA’s CCSK certificate can be substituted for one year of experience in one or more of the six domains of the CCSP CBK. Earning (ISC)²’s CISSP credential can be substituted for the entire CCSP experience requirement.
A candidate who doesn’t have the required experience to become a CCSP may become an Associate of (ISC)² by successfully passing the CCSP examination. The Associate of (ISC)² will then have six years to earn the five years required experience.
Part-time work and internships may also count towards your experience.”
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