We are excited to announce the launch of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) 2025 Security Professional certification and course!

This certification is designed for security professionals, solution architects, IT administrators, cloud engineers, and anyone responsible for securing OCI environments. It focuses on using OCI’s core security services to build and maintain secure cloud environments for applications and resources.

OCI Security Platform

OCI Security Platform delivers multi-layered protection through a variety of integrated services. OCI security offerings include OCI Threat Intelligence Service, OCI Cloud Guard, OCI Network Firewall, OCI Security Zones, and OCI Vulnerability Scanning Service. These services work together to detect and prevent threats, manage security postures, and enhance data protection.

Additionally, data encryption, multi-factor authentication (MFA), Zero trust Packet Routing and automated security monitoring strengthen overall security, ensuring a robust defense for OCI environments.

What’s New!!

The course remains structured around five key domains, but we’ve introduced new lessons, enhanced hands-on experiences, and updated practice challenges to keep you ahead in cloud security.

Key Updates for 2025:

  • OCI Zero Trust Packet Routing – Learn how OCI enables Zero Trust architecture for securing network traffic.

  • OS Management Hub – Understand how to manage OS updates, patches, and security compliance at scale.

  • IAM Optimization & Object IAM – Discover advanced IAM strategies, including fine-grained access control at the object level.

  • Troubleshooting Security Issues – A dedicated lesson on resolving common security-related issues in OCI, including:

    • Critical Load Balancer health check failures

    • OCI Certificate Authority service errors

    • Maintaining Bastion session stability

    • Security Zone service-level access errors

  • Enhanced Hands-on Performance Exam (HPE) Practice – Three new practice challenges covering:

    • Security Zones

    • OCI Certificates

    • Network Firewall 

OCI Security Services

 

Five Key Domains of the Course

Domain 1: Identity and Access Management (IAM)

  • Learn how to manage user identities and access in OCI.

  • Understand the principles of least privilege and role-based access control.

  • Explore OCI IAM capabilities, including identity domains, password policies, adaptive security, and dynamic groups.

Domain 2: Infrastructure Protection

  • Discover best practices for securing OCI infrastructure components.

  • Explore network security, including OCI ZPR,  Network Firewall, Security Lists, and Network Security Groups.

  • Learn how to use certificates for securing in-transit communications and ensuring high availability with load balancers.

  • Understand the implementation and benefits of Web Application Firewall (WAF).

Domain 3: OS and Workload Protection

  • Learn how to secure operating systems and workloads in OCI.

  • Implement patch management, configuration management, and vulnerability assessments.

  • Apply security controls to protect against malware, exploits, and unauthorized changes.

  • Utilize OS Management Hub to streamline OS security management.

Domain 4: Data Protection

  • Explore techniques for securing data at rest using OCI Data Safe.

  • Learn about encryption technologies, key management, and data masking.

  • Dive into OCI Key Management Service (KMS) offerings, including OCI Vault, secrets, Dedicated KMS, and External KMS.

Domain 5: Detection and Remediation

  • Develop skills to detect and respond to security incidents in OCI.

  • Learn about monitoring tools, logging, and threat detection services.

  • Implement Cloud Guard for proactive security posture management, Threat Intelligence for identifying risks, and Security Zones to enforce security policies.

Hands-on Performance Exam (HPE)

The OCI Security Professional exam includes:

Security Exam Details

To help you prepare, we’ve updated the Exam Prep section, which now includes seven practical scenarios designed to boost confidence for handling real-world security challenges.

In addition, we’ve expanded our hands-on labs to 16 practical exercises, designed to reinforce your understanding of OCI security services. These labs are available in Oracle University’s self-paced lab environment, pre-configured with all necessary permissions for seamless learning.

For more details on our self-paced OCI Lab subscriptions, [click here].

Get Started Today…

Begin your OCI Security Professional certification journey with these resources:

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