1Z0-1104-25

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Security Professional

About the Certification

This is an Oracle certification within the enterprise cloud security track on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). It focuses on understanding, deploying, and evaluating security layers using a disciplined enterprise approach, covering identity and access management (IAM, policies, and compartments), data protection in transit and at rest through proper encryption and key placement, and network isolation and security using VCNs, Security Lists, NSGs, and firewalls from a logical design perspective. The certification also emphasizes the impact of monitoring and logging on security incident detection speed, without going deep into complex operational management. It validates your ability to understand OCI security boundaries and components, make more accurate placement decisions for network isolation and policy design before heavier implementation, and connect the impact of early misconfiguration to increased attack surface, higher downtime, and slower recovery during investigations. It confirms your readiness as a cloud security professional capable of designing, evaluating, and securing cloud boundaries within the enterprise without unnecessary execution overhead in early stages.

Main Curriculum

The curriculum is divided into eight main sections

  • Security Architecture and Shared Responsibility Model
    • Security by design on Oracle Cloud
    • Shared responsibility model
    • Threat modeling and risk assessment
    • Enterprise security architecture
  • DevSecOps and Advanced Security Practices
    • Securing CI/CD pipelines
    • Infrastructure as Code security
    • Vulnerability management
    • Zero Trust concepts
  • Monitoring, Logging, and Incident Response
    • Logging and monitoring on Oracle Cloud
    • Cloud security services and security zones
    • Threat detection and alerting
    • Incident response and digital forensics fundamentals
  • Data Protection and Encryption
    • Encryption at rest and in transit
    • Oracle Vault and key management
    • Secrets management
    • Data privacy and compliance
  • Identity and Access Management
    • Advanced IAM design on Oracle Cloud
    • Users, groups, and dynamic groups
    • Policies and the principle of least privilege
    • Federation and identity integration
  • Platform and Workload Security
    • Compute and operating system security
    • Container and container platform security
    • Serverless security
    • Secure configuration and system hardening
  • Governance, Compliance, and Security Operations
    • Security governance models
    • Compliance, policies, and auditing
    • Security automation
    • Continuous security improvement
  • Network Security Architecture
    • Secure VCN design
    • Network security groups and security lists
    • Firewalls and web application firewalls
    • Private access and secure connectivity

Exam Details :

  • Exam code: 1Z0-1104-25
  • Duration: 90 minutes
  • Number of questions: Not fixed
  • Question type: Multiple choice + hands-on performance-based
  • Language: English
  • Passing score: Approximately 65%–68%
  • Exam fee: USD 295 (may vary by country and include taxes)
  • Certification validity: Lifetime

Do I need certifications before it ?

No, not required.

General familiarity with SIEM, cloud concepts, networking, and encryption is helpful for faster understanding and context, but not mandatory.

Which certifications are recommended after this one ?

Not mandatory.
However, if you are looking for a strong path in securing and managing infrastructure on Oracle Cloud, especially in data protection, identity and access management, and securing cloud applications and services, then the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Security Professional certification is the strongest option.

What are the main uses of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Security Professional certification ?

  • Cloud Security Architecture (OCI / Multi-Cloud) to move from implementation to designing enterprise-wide cloud security solutions
  • CCSP to expand cloud security knowledge from a multi-vendor architectural and governance perspective
  • Advanced Cloud IAM & Zero Trust to deepen expertise in identity, access management, and Zero Trust cloud models
  • DevSecOps to integrate security into CI/CD, automate policies, and protect software supply chains
  • Cloud Incident Response & Threat Detection to handle cloud security incidents and proactive threat hunting
  • Enterprise / Multi-Cloud Security (AWS / Azure / GCP) to secure hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Professional Cloud Security on Oracle Cloud :

This certification enables you to design, assess, and deploy cloud security boundaries on OCI with higher confidence before moving into heavier engineering execution. It prepares you to review policy correctness, network isolation, and key/secret management early, understand the impact of insufficient monitoring and logging on detection and investigation speed, and provide clearer, more stable security recommendations that support long-term enterprise operations.

Who is this certification suitable for ?

  • Cloud Security Engineers, Analysts, and Architects
  • Network, infrastructure, and cloud operations teams defining security boundaries
  • GRC and reliability teams assessing policy impact on enterprise stability
  • Professionals designing network isolation and security policies
  • Teams aiming to reduce breach risk before scaling using a clear enterprise approach

In Short :

Especially suitable for any professional who wants to specialize in foundational cloud security within the enterprise using Oracle OCI security placement logic, before moving into deep implementation later.

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