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Cloud Computing Security Course Outline

This document outlines a cloud computing course that is worth 3 credits and includes 6 modules. The course objectives are for students to learn how to apply trust-based security models, understand concepts of securing information in cloud infrastructures, and learn about different cloud types and service delivery models. The 6 modules cover topics like cloud introduction, architecture, security issues, security management, audit and compliance, and data intensive computing. Upon completing the course, students will be able to identify security aspects of cloud models, develop risk management strategies for moving to the cloud, and implement a public cloud instance.

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Cloud Computing Security Course Outline

This document outlines a cloud computing course that is worth 3 credits and includes 6 modules. The course objectives are for students to learn how to apply trust-based security models, understand concepts of securing information in cloud infrastructures, and learn about different cloud types and service delivery models. The 6 modules cover topics like cloud introduction, architecture, security issues, security management, audit and compliance, and data intensive computing. Upon completing the course, students will be able to identify security aspects of cloud models, develop risk management strategies for moving to the cloud, and implement a public cloud instance.

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CODE: OEC-CS-702(II)

SUBJECT NAME: CLOUD COMPUTING


NO OF CREDITS: 3
[Link] 7th SEMESTER SESSIONAL: 25
L TP THEORY EXAM: 75
3 0 0 TOTAL : 100
Course objectives: The student will learn how to apply

1. Trust-based security model to real-world security problems.


2. An overview of the concepts, processes, and best practices needed to successfully secure
information within Cloud infrastructures.
3. Students will learn the basic Cloud types and delivery models and develop an
understanding of the risk and compliance responsibilities and Challenges for each
Cloud type and service delivery model.

MODULE-1: INTRODUCTION TO CLOUD COMPUTING

Online Social Networks and Applications, Cloud introduction and overview, Different clouds,
Risks, Novel applications of cloud computing .

MODULE-2: CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE

Requirements, Introduction Cloud computing architecture, On Demand Computing


Virtualization at the infrastructure level, Security in Cloud computing environments, CPU
Virtualization, A discussion on Hypervisors Storage Virtualization Cloud Computing Defined,
The SPI Framework for Cloud Computing, The Traditional Software Model, The Cloud Services
Delivery Model Cloud Deployment Models Key Drivers to Adopting the Cloud, The Impact of
Cloud Computing on Users, Governance in the Cloud, Barriers to Cloud Computing Adoption in
the Enterprise .

MODULE-3: SECURITY ISSUES IN CLOUD COMPUTING

Infrastructure Security, Infrastructure Security: The Network Level, The Host Level, The
Application Level, Data Security and Storage, Aspects of Data Security, Data Security
Mitigation Provider Data and Its Security Identity and Access Management Trust Boundaries
and IAM, IAM Challenges, Relevant IAM Standards and Protocols for Cloud Services, IAM
Practices in the Cloud, Cloud Authorization Management

MODULE-4: SECURITY MANAGEMENT IN THE CLOUD


Security Management Standards, Security Management in the Cloud, Availability Management:
SaaS, PaaS, IaaS Privacy Issues Privacy Issues, Data Life Cycle, Key Privacy Concerns in the
Cloud, Protecting Privacy, Changes to Privacy Risk Management and Compliance in Relation to
Cloud Computing, Legal and Regulatory Implications, U.S. Laws and Regulations, International
Laws and Regulations

MODULE-5: AUDIT AND COMPLIANCE

Internal Policy Compliance, Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC), Regulatory/External


Compliance, Cloud Security Alliance, Auditing the Cloud for Compliance, Security-as-a-Cloud.

MODULE-6: DATA INTENSIVE COMPUTING


Map-Reduce Programming Characterizing Data-Intensive Computations, Technologies for Data-
Intensive Computing, Storage Systems, Programming Platforms, MapReduce Programming,
MapReduce Programming Model, Example Application

Course Outcomes:
After completion of course, students would be able to:
1. Identify security aspects of each cloud model
2. Develop a risk-management strategy for moving to the Cloud
3. Implement a public cloud instance using a public cloud service provider

REFERENCES:
1. Gautam Shroff, “Enterprise Cloud Computing Technology Architecture Applications”,
Cambridge University Press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 978-0521137355], 2010.
2. Kai Hwang, Geoffrey C. Fox, Jack J. Dongarra, “Distributed and Cloud Computing:
From parallel processing to IOT” Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; 1 edition [ISBN: 978-0-
12-385880], 2012.

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