The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA),
the world's leading organization dedicated to defining and raising
awareness of best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing
environment, today announced the launch of the CSA Knowledge Center.
Created by the CSA utilizing CSA research, the Knowledge Center is the
only centralized place to gain training on unique, vendor-neutral backed
research courses such as the Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge
(CCSK), CCSK Plus, Cloud Governance and Compliance (CGC) and Software
Defined Perimeter (SDP) (coming soon) while simultaneously offering both
individuals and enterprises flexibility and the ability to meet tight
budgets while enhancing their skills - all via a simplified learning
platform.
The
Knowledge Center is ideal for individuals wanting a flexible learning
environment in order to gain added credibility and knowledge of cloud
security but who lack sufficient resources to do so either due to time
or budget constraints. Organizations, meanwhile, face a different set of
challenges with dispersed teams, priorities, and responsibilities. They
want to take proactive measures to ensure that their teams are fully
equipped and confident to safely and securely navigate any moves to a
cloud platform or new technology. For them, CSA e-learning extends the
training budget while certifying their employees in an industry-backed,
cloud security course.
"As
new technologies emerge that have an impact and place in cloud
computing environment, the skills, and knowledge necessary to keep
organizations secure grows. It's not surprising then that individuals
need more than a one-time certificate. However, in-person and
virtual-led trainings can be difficult to attend due to time out of the
office and inconvenient locations," said CSA CEO Jim Reavis. "We see the
CSA Knowledge Center as filling a need within the industry and becoming
the go-to-platform when it comes to delving deeper into cloud computing
concepts and the role new technologies play."
Among its benefits to enterprises and individuals, alike, are:
- Stretched
training budgets. Since the e-learning platform is less expensive, it
stretches the training budgets of individuals and organizations farther.
- Flexibility.
The platform gives individuals the ability to work around scheduled
events, projects, and deadlines and go through content at their own
pace.
- Credibility.
The research that goes into the course is vendor-neutral and created by
CSA's network of professionals and subject-matter experts. The course
material is straight from the source, and verified by CSA.
- Usability. An online, mobile, sleek platform makes taking the course a cleaner more pleasant experience.
Learn more about the Knowledge Center.