Verified SkillNyx certification
Certified SkillNyx Cloud Security Professional (CS-CSP)
Demonstrates hands-on cloud security across IAM, network controls, data protection, and detection.
Cyber SecurityINTERMEDIATE
This certification validates practical cloud security skills used to protect modern cloud-native systems. Candidates demonstrate competency in least-privilege access, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and incident response decision-making. It emphasizes real-world misconfiguration risks and audit-ready practices.
Pricing & exam snapshot
₹4,999
Duration
2h
MCQs
125
Labs
0
Topics covered (syllabus)
- Identity and access management and least privilege
- Network security and segmentation patterns
- Data protection, encryption, and key management
- Secrets management and secure configuration
- Logging, detection engineering, and incident response basics
- Vulnerability management and secure supply chain basics
- Governance and policy-as-code fundamentals
Skills covered
- Designing least-privilege roles and access review processes
- Securing networks with layered controls and safe defaults
- Implementing encryption and secrets management correctly
- Building actionable logging and detection baselines
- Reducing risk from common misconfigurations
- Performing incident triage and containment planning
- Producing audit-friendly evidence through governance practices
Job roles and salary range
- Cloud Security Engineer
- DevSecOps Engineer
- Platform Security Engineer
- Security Engineer (Cloud)
- Site Reliability Engineer (Security-focused)
Salary range per annum
₹18-55 LPA
Exam pattern
- Proctored exam, 120 minutes
- Randomized attempt assembled from a pool of 125 MCQs
- Scenario questions covering IAM, network, data protection, and detection
- Misconfiguration diagnosis and secure-by-design choices are emphasized
- Passing requires balanced performance across security domains
Outcomes
- Apply practical security controls to reduce cloud risk
- Recognize and prevent common misconfigurations
- Define logging and detection baselines for investigations
- Communicate security trade-offs clearly to engineering teams