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Cloud Security Engineer Learning Path

Follow this curated learning path to effectively manage threats and vulnerabilities as a Cloud Security Engineer.

These courses guide you through Datadog products tailored to meet the daily needs of cloud security teams. Engage in hands-on practice within live demo environments to gain experience securing public cloud environments using cloud sandboxes and a free Datadog trial account.

This path is designed for Security Engineers, Cloud Engineers, and DevOps Engineers responsible for monitoring and securing cloud environments with Datadog.

You’ll learn how to do the following:

Monitor, inspect, and visualize cloud infrastructure based on key data, including tags and performance metrics
Detect and prioritize vulnerable cloud resources across multiple cloud environments from a single view within Datadog
Remediate misconfigured cloud resources with the Security Inbox and Misconfigurations Explorer
Evaluate compliance and cloud security posture with compliance reports and dashboards
Detect suspicious process, network, kernel-level, and file activity with Cloud Workload Protection
Manage security incidents with Datadog Incident Management

Getting Started with Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring

NEW! Learn how to analyze metrics, visualize network and infrastructure performance, and troubleshoot issues effectively in this introduction to using Datadog’s Infrastructure and Cloud Network Monitoring (CNM).

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Find and Remediate Cloud Vulnerabilities with CSM Misconfigurations

Secure your cloud environments with Datadog Cloud Security Management (CSM). Set up CSM Misconfigurations for AWS and Google Cloud. Use CSM Compliance to assess your security posture against industry-standard frameworks.

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Detect Suspicious Process, File, and Network Activity with CSM Threats

Monitor file, network, and process activity with Cloud Security Management. Detect and investigate threats to cloud infrastructure in real-time. Secure containerized and host-based workloads.

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Introduction to Incident Management

In this course, you learn about managing incidents by working through a hands-on example with Datadog Incident Management. You also learn how to use Slack to effectively communicate incident status to your team.

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