CROWDSTRIKECrowdStrike Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS)
The CrowdStrike Certified Cloud Specialist (CCCS) certification validates the skills of cloud security engineers who manage the security of their organization's cloud infrastructure using the CrowdStrike Falcon platform. This role-based credential demonstrates your ability to secure cloud environments, identify risks, and respond to threats. Earning the CCCS distinguishes you as a trusted expert in cloud security operations.
595 practice questions · Updated 2026-08-04
7Domains
30Objectives
143Concepts
595Questions
CCCS Curriculum
Every domain, objective, and concept the CCCS exam measures.
- CrowdStrike Cloud Security Products Overview
- Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Benefits
- Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) Benefits
- Application Security Posture Management (ASPM) Benefits
- Data Security Posture Management (DSPM) Benefits
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security Benefits
- Integration and Synergy of Cloud Security Products
- One-click sensor deployment overview
- Prerequisites for one-click deployment
- Deployment process
- Use cases and limitations
- Purpose of the Kubernetes admission controller
- Use requirements for the admission controller
- Integration with CrowdStrike Falcon
- Cloud Registration Methods Overview
- Use Case Analysis for Registration
- Security Considerations in Registration
- Efficiency Trade-offs in Registration
- Decision Framework for Registration
- Role identification for Cloud Security actions
- Role assignment and permissions
- Mapping actions to roles
- Cloud group purpose
- Cloud group creation
- Cloud group management
- Purpose of cloud security scan exclusions
- Types of exclusions
- Configuring exclusions
- Managing and updating exclusions
- Best practices for exclusions
- Identify CSPM policy use cases
- Configure CSPM policy settings
- Apply CSPM policies to resources
- Validate CSPM policy effectiveness
- Image assessment policy fundamentals
- Use case analysis for image assessment
- Policy recommendation criteria
- Exclusion definition and purpose
- Exclusion recommendation based on use case
- Balancing policy and exclusions
- Kubernetes admission controllers overview
- Admission controller types and modes
- Policy-as-code with OPA/Gatekeeper
- Kyverno policy engine
- Common admission policy use cases
- Mapping use cases to policy configurations
- Testing and rollout considerations
- Runtime sensor policy fundamentals
- Use case analysis for policy selection
- Policy configuration options
- Mapping use cases to policy settings
- Policy tuning and optimization
- Registry connection details
- Adding a registry connection
- Editing a registry connection
- Deleting a registry connection
- Registry connection settings
- Image assessment methods overview
- Use case analysis for image assessment
- Recommendation of image assessment method
- Image Assessment Report Overview
- Malware Detection in Images
- High-Severity CVE Identification
- Leaked Secrets Detection
- Dockerfile Misconfiguration Analysis
- Prioritizing Security Issues
- Vulnerability Identification
- Installed Package Discovery
- Integration with Pre-Runtime Protection
- Kubernetes and container environment configurations
- CrowdStrike Falcon sensor types
- Sensor selection criteria
- Deployment Misconfiguration Identification
- Misconfiguration Impact Assessment
- Misconfiguration Remediation
- Identify unassessed images in production
- Use CrowdStrike tools to list unassessed images
- Interpret assessment status indicators
- Correlate running containers with image assessment
- Define Indicators of Attack (IOAs)
- Identify Common IOAs
- Define Rogue Containers
- Detect Rogue Containers
- Define Container Drift
- Detect Container Drift
- Apply Runtime Protection Concepts
- Identify active network connections
- Interpret connection metadata
- Correlate connections with processes
- Use Falcon to filter and search connections
- Cloud security controls
- Cloud configuration assessment
- Indicators of misconfiguration (IOMs)
- Vulnerability identification in cloud
- High-risk practices in cloud
- Correlating controls to findings
- IOA Definition and Characteristics
- Common IOA Categories
- IOA Detection Techniques
- Persistence Mechanisms Overview
- Registry and Startup Persistence
- Service and Driver Persistence
- Account and Credential Persistence
- File and Script Persistence
- Mapping IOAs to Persistence
- Investigation and Response Actions
- Audit user account activity
- Review user permissions
- Correlate activity with permissions
- Identify risk indicators
- Cloud configuration benchmarks
- Docker configuration benchmarks
- Kubernetes configuration benchmarks
- Benchmark comparison methodology
- Define unmanaged cloud assets
- Define public-facing assets
- Enumerate cloud assets
- Enumerate container assets
- Use CrowdStrike tools for asset discovery
- Correlate asset metadata
- Prioritize findings
- Remediation steps for findings
- Prioritizing remediation actions
- Applying remediation to detections
- Purpose of scheduled reports
- Use requirements for scheduled reports
- Scheduling report generation
- Interpreting scheduled report outputs
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