Adoption and usage of the cloud is evolving to combine with technologies like artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, 5G and more, according to Sid Nag, Research Vice President at Gartner. “In other words,” he says, “cloud will serve as the glue between many other technologies that CIOs want to use more of, allowing them to leapfrog into the next century as they address more complex and emerging use cases.” With cloud roles expanding and so many certifications out there, which option offers cybersecurity experts the flexibility to grow with the coming waves of opportunity? Let’s compare two popular options, (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) vs. Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate. CCSP is a vendor-neutral certification that demonstrates

In order to become fully certified as a CISSP, you must not only pass a rigorous experiential exam, but meet the CISSP work experience requirements. CISSP candidates are required to have a minimum of five years of cumulative work experience in two or more of the eight domains of the CISSP CBK. There are a few paths to accumulate this time: Education You can satisfy one year of work experience with either a college degree or an approved certification. You can apply either of the below to meet one year of the requirement: A four-year college degree or regional equivalent or an advanced degree in information security from the U.S. National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education (CAE/IAE).

A surge of organizations are moving their operations to the cloud for the benefits of improved efficiency, better scalability and faster deployment. But with the wave of migration to the cloud come more threats than ever before. The cloud is giving bad actors a more expansive set of targets, as well as new tools to conduct attacks, says Or Azarzar, Co-founder and CTO of Lightspin, in an article in Dark Reading. With so many risks for cyberattacks targeting the cloud, which certification demonstrates a broader understanding and skillset to protect cloud security? Let’s compare two cloud certs, (ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) vs. Google Cloud Certified-Professional Cloud Security Engineer. CCSP is a vendor-neutral certification that demonstrates the broad knowledge

The Role of the Board in Effective Risk Assessment The growing sophistication of cybercrime is making it a necessity for companies to discuss its challenges and defense methods regularly at the board level. The results of an attack may involve refusal of an insurance company to pay, the potential for class action lawsuits, infections that penetrate too deep into the IT system to be removed, and violation of data protection rules. Boards and directors must approach cybersecurity as an enterprise-wide risk management issue. They must embrace their organization’s cyber risk appetite and understand the types of internal and external threats the company faces. An experienced CAP certified professional helps guide directors by blending their education and experience with a capacity

In cloud computing environments, files are not stored in a hierarchical way. Most cloud architectures use a combination of splitting data vertically, horizontally and replication to improve response times, scalability, availability and fault tolerance. This is called object storage. Objects are accessible through APIs or through a web interface. Object storage introduces new challenges related to data consistency, which are not present in relational databases. One of the more fundamental decisions cloud professionals need to make is whether they will choose eventual consistency for data in corporate systems or strong consistency. Selecting a data consistency model is a decision that cloud security professionals must make. Both models are useful tools in the hands of cloud professionals, who must determine the