Course Overview SEC588: Cloud Penetration Testing provides comprehensive training empowering security professionals to effectively assess modern cloud environments. The course bridges the gap between traditional penetration testing and cloud-specific challenges, covering critical areas like microservices, serverless functions, and Kubernetes deployments. Students will address unique cloud security challenges including service plane vulnerabilities, shared hosting environments, and cloud-native application assessment, learning practical techniques for testing both AWS and Azure environments, which dominate the market. Whether you are a seasoned penetration tester expanding into cloud or a cloud security professional, the course delivers hands-on experience with modern attack vectors and risk assessment methodologies. Cloud Pen Testing – Proactive Assessment in The Cloud With the rise in cloud adoption, continuous technological advancements, and an ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations need to keep up with the complex security challenges specific to cloud-based services and infrastructure. Security professionals must be able to assess risk to the organization and recommend effective mitigations that will protect their critical assets, and SEC588 equips graduates with these critical skills for penetration testing cloud technologies. Gaining hands-on experience in real-world labs, you will evaluate security risks in AWS and Azure, conduct penetration tests on microservices, understand container and CI/CD pipeline vulnerabilities, and attack Kubernetes, serverless functions, Windows containers, and cloud identity systems. You will understand cloud environment construction and evidence gathering, and know how to differentiate cloud-native, multi-cloud, and hybrid infrastructures. Returning to your organization, you will be able to apply course knowledge directly to your work and conduct cloud-based penetration tests, assessing cloud environments for vulnerabilities and reporting findings. Author Statement When I was first asked to put together a cloud penetration testing class, I had many questions. Could there be room for a class as niche as this? We felt the need to have a class with all new material and topics we had not covered in our other penetration testing classes. I believe we have met that need with SEC588 in ways most could not have imagined. This course breaks the rules and allows us to help you test, assess, and secure cloud environments. - Moses Frost What You’ll Learn Learn cloud-specific attack methodologies and service plane vulnerability assessment techniques Test microservices, serverless functions, and Kubernetes environments Implement AWS and Azure penetration testing strategies and platform-specific tools Assess cloud storage systems including buckets and in-memory datastores Master cloud-native application security testing and exploitation methods Business Takeaways Develop in-house expertise for comprehensive cloud security assessment Bridge the gap between traditional and cloud security testing capabilities Ensure security standards across hybrid cloud environments Maximize ROI through practical AWS and Azure security knowledge Build capability to evaluate third-party cloud service providers effectively