Cloud Security for Beginners

The cloud is ubiquitous. Everyone is rushing to the cloud or is already in the cloud, and both of these groups are concerned with cloud security. In this book, we will explain the concepts of security in a beginner friendly way, but also hint at the great expanse of knowledge that lies beyond.

This book offers a detailed guide to cloud security, from basics to advanced concepts and trends. It covers cloud service and deployment models, security principles like IAM and network security, and best practices for securing infrastructure, including virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions. It encompasses foundational cybersecurity principles, complex networking architectures, application security, and infrastructure design. Advanced topics like DevSecOps, AI security, and platform engineering are explored, along with critical areas such as compliance, auditing, and incident response.

By the end of this book, you will be confident in securing your cloud environment. You will understand how to protect virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions and be equipped to handle advanced topics like DevSecOps and the security implications of AI and ML.

KEY FEATURES

* Understand the vast scope of cloud security, including the basics of cybersecurity, networking, applications, infrastructure design, and emerging trends in cloud computing.
* Gain clear insights into critical concepts, making it perfect for anyone planning or improving a cloud security approach.
* Learn to address daily cloud security challenges and align strategies with business goals effectively.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

* Understand cloud models and how to secure public, private, and hybrid cloud environments effectively.
* Master IAM, RBAC, least privilege principles, VPNs, and secure communication protocols to protect cloud infrastructure.
* Learn to secure APIs, applications, and data using encryption, data loss prevention, and robust security techniques.
* Explore DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and the role of automation in improving cloud security workflows. Build audit-ready environments, manage compliance like GDPR, and mitigate risks in AI/ML, virtual machines, containers, and serverless functions.

WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR

This book is for beginners and it will help them understand more about cloud and cloud security. It will also teach the readers to work with others in their organization and to manage the security of their cloud workloads.

1. Cloud Security, Key Concepts
2. Service Models and Deployment Models
3. Shared Responsibility and Supply Chain
4. Securing Cloud Infrastructure and Identity and Access Management
5. Network Security
6. Securing Applications and Data
7. Cloud Security and Governance
8. Authentication, Authorization, Data Privacy, and Compliance
9. Securing APIs, Observability, and Incident Response
10. Virtual Machines and Containers
11. Serverless
12. Networks and Storage
13. Protecting Workloads through Automation and Threat Intelligence
14. Incident Response, Forensics, Security Assessment, and Penetration Testing
15. Compliance and Auditing
16. DevSecOps, Platform Engineering, and Site Reliability Engineering
17. Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
18. Future of Cloud Security

Sasa Kovacevic is a digital technology strategist and a cloud architect who has worked with top cloud computing customers across all three hyperscale clouds to deliver solutions, especially security solutions, spanning the globe. It is highly likely you are using services, technologies, and applications every day of your life where he has had direct input or has added value in some way. Workloads of all sorts have passed through his fingers - from law enforcement, defense, banking, insurance, telecommunications, logistics, and more. The result of all this experience is also in this book, available for you and your organization to learn from. Sasa has been there for the origins of cloud computing, has been there for all the major security events since then, and has been helping the industry survive them.