As of 2021, the cloud computing landscape had matured beyond simple “lift and shift” migrations. Organizations were fully immersed in multi-cloud strategies (AWS, Azure, GCP), serverless architectures, and DevOps pipelines. However, security teams struggled to keep pace. Traditional perimeter-based defenses were obsolete, and identity became the new control plane.
Enter SANS SEC 549 – a course designed not for the novice, but for the experienced security architect, engineer, or analyst who needed to transition from on-premises thinking to a cloud-native security posture. The 2021 iteration of this course was particularly significant because it captured the post-2020 acceleration to cloud adoption while addressing emerging threats like sophisticated container escapes and cloud-native ransomware. sans sec 549 2021
The 2021 course was structured over six intensive days, combining lecture with hands-on CloudPlay (browser-based labs). Below is a section-by-section analysis: As of 2021, the cloud computing landscape had
If you are reading this retrospectively, you might wonder: “Is the 2021 version still relevant in 2025?” The answer is nuanced. The 2021 course was structured over six intensive