CSEC414
Cloud Security
Faculty
Anastasia Polyakova
Sr. Security Engineer at Alibaba Cloud Security Innovation Lab
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Overview
Cloud technologies have become increasingly prevalent in the business world, providing companies with the opportunity to deploy products and infrastructure with greater speed and scalability than ever before. However, clouds bring new security risks, threats, and tools that organisations must be prepared to tackle
Why is cloud security so different from “in-house” infrastructure and product security? How does cloud migration impact security risks? In this class, we get to know cloud technologies from a security point of view, and students will learn how to assess security risks and how to protect our products and infrastructure in clouds.
Learning highlights
- Assess cloud infrastructure/product security posture.
- Build cloud specific threat models for products or organisations
- Use cloud provided security tools to protect your cloud assets.
- Provide security guidance for cloud migration and cloud-native application design.
Course outline
15 classes
Session 1
Course introduction. Why is cloud security different from classic security approaches?
Session 2
Define security requirements
Session 3
Cloud-specific threats.
Session 4
Compliance
Session 5
Cloud security controls.
Session 6
Data governance and protection.
Session 7
Network security in the Cloud.
Session 8
Endpoint security.
Session 9
IAM
Session 10
Cloud security cost.
Session 11
Cloud migration.
Session 12
DevSecOps in Cloud.
Session 13
Cloud security strategy.
Session 14
Cloud-native application security.
Session 15
Project presentation.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge about cloud technologies.
Basic information security knowledge.
Methodology
All sessions are interactive lectures that combine theory with practice. During the session, students will have a chance to try out the techniques they have learned in a personal environment.
Tests are given in the form of 'scenarios', an approximation of real-world problems, and during assignments, students will have to analyse a given target and specify a set of actions. The theoretical part is also covered with tests.
At the beginning of the module, students will be given a set of possible projects, and by the end of the first week, they will have to choose one, which will be their course project assignment. At the final exam, students will present their projects and review a project by a different student or group.
Grading
Anastasia has more than 10 years of experience in the field of computer science. She started her career as system administrator then moved her focus to software development where she works as application security engineer. Anastasia conducts an information security course for automotive and IoT developers.
Graduated from Information Technology and Optics University of Saint-Petersburg.
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Cloud Security
by Anastasia Polyakova
Total hours
45 Hours
Dates
Jul 31 - Aug 18, 2023
Fee for single course
€1500
Fee for degree students
€750
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Will I receive a certificate after completion?
Yes. Upon completion of the course, you will receive a certificate signed by the director of the program your course belonged to.
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Can I get a discount?
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