Chapter 8 of 9 · EC-Council 312-50
Cloud Computing
Cloud models, containers, serverless, threats, hacking and security controls, worth 5 percent of the exam.
- 2topics
- 10 minfast track
- 5%of the exam
Topics in this chapter
Take them in order, or jump to the one you need.
- 1Cloud Concepts, Containers and ServerlessLearn cloud service and deployment models, shared responsibility, Docker and Kubernetes basics, and serverless computing with…5 min
- 2Cloud Threats, Hacking and SecurityLearn the main cloud threats, how attackers abuse misconfiguration, IAM and metadata services, and the cloud security controls…5 min
About this chapter
What this chapter covers
Cloud Computing is 5% of the EC-Council CEH v13 312-50 exam. It covers cloud service and deployment models, containers and Kubernetes, serverless computing, the threats that target the cloud, how cloud environments are attacked, and how they are secured.
Questions are single-answer multiple choice. You are asked to recognize a model or a threat, and to choose the control that fits, often through the shared responsibility model.
It has six outline topics, and two pages cover them.
How the topics fit together
The chapter builds from the model to the threat and then to the control.
- Concepts, containers and serverless describe what the customer and the provider each run.
- Threats, hacking and security show what goes wrong and how it is prevented and detected.
Many cloud breaches in exam scenarios come from customer side mistakes such as open storage, over broad permissions and leaked keys, not from the provider's data centers.
How to use these pages
Each topic page has the same shape, so you can skim for what you need.
- What it is: the idea in plain words.
- How it works: the mechanism, with diagrams and example commands.
- What to remember for the exam: the facts to memorize.
- Common mistakes: the classic traps.
- Check yourself: three questions to test your understanding.
Try to match each short scenario to its attack category before reading the answer. The exam often describes symptoms and asks for the attack name or the best fix.
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