ISO/IEC 27017 - Certified Lead Implementer
Exam Code: ISO-27017-CLI
By attaining the ISO/IEC 27017 - Certified Lead Implementer certification, individuals demonstrate their capability to safeguard cloud services against emerging threats and vulnerabilities. They gain the confidence to implement robust security controls, ensuring stakeholders and customers can trust the organization’s cloud infrastructure. This certification is increasingly recognized by organizations adopting cloud technologies, helping certified professionals advance their careers in cybersecurity, IT governance, and cloud service management.
The certification focuses on practical implementation skills, enabling participants to establish secure cloud infrastructures, develop cloud security policies, and maintain compliance with relevant regulations. It emphasizes risk assessment and mitigation, access management, encryption, incident response, and secure service agreements. Professionals also learn how to integrate cloud security measures with existing organizational information security management systems (ISMS), thereby providing a seamless approach to protecting data in multi-tenant cloud environments.
ISO/IEC 27017:2015 is an international standard providing guidelines for information security controls specifically for cloud services. The Cloud Security Implementer certification equips professionals with the knowledge and skills to implement and manage cloud-specific security controls effectively. This standard extends ISO/IEC 27002 by offering additional guidance for both cloud service providers (CSPs) and cloud service customers (CSCs), ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data hosted in cloud environments. Certified implementers learn how to assess cloud risks, design security frameworks, and adopt best practices that align with organizational objectives.
