GIAC Certifications Announces New Cloud Security Essentials Certification

As enterprise and governmental organizations move to cloud solutions for their business the need to hire and train cybersecurity professionals with specialized Cloud based skills becomes a key indicator for securing the business against threats.\nTeams responsible for transitioning systems to cloud based systems are often faced with the problem of finding the \'right\' people with the \'right\' skills to do the work these essential abilities include:\nEvaluation of cloud service provider similarities, differences, challenges, and opportunities\nThat\'s why SANS and GIAC take training and certifying the \'right\' people seriously especially as organizations, globally, tell us that it\'s important to them.\nGIAC\'s cloud security certifications are designed to help practitioners master the practical steps to defend the cloud against the most dangerous threats and GIAC\'s newest certification, GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD), is no exception.\nRyan Nicholson , SANS\' Cloud Security Essentials course author and instructor says,"The GCLD certification proves that the holder understands many of the security challenges brought forth when migrating systems and applications to cloud service provider environments.