TechTarget invites you to enroll in TechTarget’s all-new Cloud University – a unique online education program designed to target the core constituents of your organization affected by cloud computing.

Each lesson – which is "taught" by a key industry expert knowledgeable in your specific role – builds on the previous one, and provides you with the knowledge needed to make informed decisions on your path to cloud computing.

This classroom, Cloud Security In Context – taught by Dick Mackey, Vice President at System Experts Corporation, an independent consultancy in the security and compliance market, is designed to bring you up to speed with the key concepts of cloud security. When completed, you’ll have the knowledge to advise your company on how to move to the cloud in a secure way that makes sense for your business.

In this lesson, Dick Mackey discusses the issues that enterprise IT shops must consider when determining whether they will deploy internal services to the cloud or consume services that exist in the cloud.

In this lesson, Mackey introduces cloud interoperability and management concepts and explains how the current state of cloud computing limits choices and movement of services from cloud provider to cloud provider.

In this lesson, Mackey discusses how cloud computing affects compliance with various regulations and contracts. You’ll get an overview of particular regulatory requirements – including PCI, HIPAA, PCI DSS and others – and their demands on cloud consumers and providers, as well as an introduction to issues such as encryption, data segregation, monitoring, auditing and testing.

In the final lesson, Mackey discusses the types of terms that consumers of cloud services need to include in contracts with providers. Discover why issues such as data protection and disposal, incident response and coordination, availability requirements, and transparency of operations must be considered.

Best of all, when you’ve completed the course, see what you’ve learned by testing your knowledge with our Final Quiz!

Find out for yourself what Cloud University offers and enroll in this class today!

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