Cloud Security
24CSE8111 · S8 · 4 credits
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Module 01Fundamentals of Cloud Security (8 hours)expand
Basic terms and concepts in security- Threat agents, Cloud security threats/risks, Trust. Operating system security-Virtual machine security- Security of virtualization- Security Risks Posed by Shared Images, Security Risks Posed by Management OS. Infrastructure security, Network Level Security, Host Level Security, Application level security, Security of the Physical Systems. Identity & Access Management- Access Control.
Module 02Security Design and Architecture for Cloud (7 hours)expand
Security design principles for Cloud Computing - Comprehensive data protection - End-to- end access control - Common attack vectors and threats - Network and Storage - Secure Isolation Strategies - Virtualization strategies - Inter-tenant network segmentation strategies - Data Protection strategies: Data retention, deletion and archiving procedures for tenant data, Encryption, Data Redaction, Tokenization, Obfuscation, PKI and Key.
Module 03Access Control and Identity Management (6 hours)expand
Access control requirements for Cloud infrastructure - User Identification - Authentication and Authorization - Roles-based Access Control - Multi-factor authentication - Single Sign- on, Identity Federation - Identity providers and service consumers - Storage and network access control options - OS Hardening and minimization - Verified and measured boot - Intruder Detection and prevention
Module 04Cloud security Design Patterns (6 hours)expand
Introduction to Design Patterns, Cloud bursting, Geo-tagging, Secure Cloud Interfaces, Cloud Resource Access Control, Secure On-Premise Internet Access, Secure External Cloud
Module 05Monitoring Auditing and Management (9 hours)expand
Proactive activity monitoring - Incident Response, Monitoring for unauthorized access, malicious traffic, abuse of system privileges - Events and alerts - Auditing – Record generation, Reporting and Management, Tamper-proofing audit logs, Quality of Services, Secure Management, User management, Identity management, Security Information and Event Management
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