SNS S588 Cloud Penetration Testing - GIAC Cloud Penetration Tester GCPN
 
Course Description
This course delivers practical experience in assessing and exploiting vulnerabilities within cloud based infrastructures. Learners focus on attacker techniques specific to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud environments, enabling realistic testing of identity services storage platforms networking controls and cloud native workloads. Emphasis is placed on validating security controls through real world attack simulation.
 
What You Will Learn
Enumerate cloud assets permissions and misconfigurations across multi cloud environments
Identify and exploit weaknesses in cloud identity and access management storage and container services
Perform privilege escalation and lateral movement within cloud platforms
Bypass segmentation and trust boundaries in complex cloud deployments
Assess cloud native services and serverless applications using attacker driven techniques
Produce actionable findings that support effective cloud remediation
 
Who This Course Is For
This course is designed for penetration testers cloud security engineers red team operators application security professionals and senior practitioners responsible for testing and validating cloud security controls.
 
Hands On Training Experience
Learners complete extensive hands on labs that simulate realistic cloud exploitation scenarios. Exercises include identity privilege escalation container escape cross account attacks and a final challenge that validates end to end cloud penetration testing skills.
 
Course Outcomes
Identify cloud security weaknesses before adversaries exploit them
Validate defensive controls across multi cloud deployments
Reduce organizational risk through realistic cloud security testing
Deliver clear remediation guidance tailored to cloud environments