Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK v5) Official Study Guide: In-Depth Guidance and Practice

Graham Thompson

Dec 2025 · Gildan Media · Narrated by David Stifel

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About this audiobook

As cloud technology becomes increasingly essential across industries, the need for thorough security knowledge and certification has never been more crucial. The Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) exam, globally recognized and highly respected, presents a formidable challenge for many.

Author Graham Thompson offers you in-depth guidance and practical tools not only to pass the exam but also to grasp the broader implications of cloud security. Written in collaboration with the Cloud Security Alliance, this guide is filled with real-world examples, targeted practice questions, and the latest on zero trust and AI security—all designed to mirror the actual exam.

By listening to this book, you will:

● Understand critical topics such as cloud architecture, governance, compliance, and risk management

● Prepare for the exam with chapter tips, concise reviews, and practice questions to enhance retention

● Discover the latest on securing different workloads (containers, PaaS, FaaS) and on incident response in the cloud

● Equip yourself with the knowledge necessary for significant career advancement in cloud security

About the author

Graham Thompson is an information security professional with over twenty-five years of enterprise experience across engineering, architecture, assessment, and training disciplines. He is the author of the CCSK All-in-One Exam guide (v4) and is a principal trainer for the Cloud Security Alliance. David Stifel was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. Bitten early by the acting bug, he studied his craft at the Yale School of Drama. After graduation, he found himself in the usual array of interesting day jobs such as casino porter at Lake Tahoe, ESL teacher in Iran, and Egypt, and video game programmer in the Atari/Intellivision era. Concurrently he worked in films and TV shows for such directors as Steven Spielberg (Minority Report), Danny Boyle (A Life Less Ordinary), and Joel Schumacher (The Number 23).David entered the audiobook field in 2011, when he launched a long-term podcast of serializations of the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Today he is a multi-award-winning narrator with more than 125 audiobooks to his credit. His growing catalog of audiobooks is strong on thrillers, horror, sci-fi, and mysteries. David's rich baritone voice also lends itself very well to nonfiction memoirs and history-popular and academic. His classical acting training makes him very strong with heightened literary language. Pegged as a "character actor" from youth, his facility with numerous characters is frequently praised by reviewers and listeners.

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