Cloud Security

Unit 1: Fundamentals of Cloud Computing

• Fundamental Concepts of Distributed Systems

• IT Challenges

• Technology Foundations of Cloud Computing

• What is Cloud Computing?

• NIST Definition and Overview of Cloud Computing

• Journey of the Cloud

• Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing

• Cloud Components

• Cloud Challenges

• Economics of the Cloud

Understanding Cloud Architecture and Services

• Cloud Architecture

• Service Models and Deployment Models

• Stack and Management Layers

• Cloud Standards and Interoperability

• Cloud Maturity

• SOA & Cloud Computing Relationship

• Service Models:

  • Storage-as-a-Service

  • Database-as-a-Service

  • Information-as-a-Service

  • Identity-as-a-Service

  • Process-as-a-Service

  • Integration-as-a-Service

  • Compliance-as-a-Service

  • Security-as-a-Service

  • Management/Governance-as-a-Service

  • Testing-as-a-Service

Unit 2: Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

Virtualization Overview

• Virtualized Data Center (VDC)

  • Compute: Why and How to Virtualize

  • Types of Virtualization

  • Understanding Hypervisors

  • Virtual Machine Components

  • Resource Management: Share, Limit, and Reservation

  • Optimizing Memory Resources (Ballooning, Affinity)

  • Physical to Virtual Conversion (Hot and Cold Process)

Storage in VDC

• Benefits of Storage Virtualization

• Virtual Provisioning & Storage Tiering

• Virtual Machine Storage Options

Networking in VDC

• VDC Network Infrastructure

• Virtual Network Components (VLAN, Trunking, Tagging)

• Network Traffic Management

Virtualized Desktop & Application Services

• VMware vSphere

Unit 3: Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) & Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

• PaaS Overview

• Web Application Frameworks

• Web Hosting Services:

  • Google App Engine

  • Microsoft Azure Service

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

• SaaS Overview

• Web Services 2.0

• REST API and SOAP API

• User Authentication

• Case Study: Healthcare or Banking

Unit 4: Cloud Security & Business Continuity

Cloud Security

• Information Security & Basic Terminology

• Security Concerns, Threats, & Domains

• Access Control & Identity Management

• Governance, Risk, and Compliance

• Virtualization Security Management

• Cloud Security Architecture & Trusted Cloud Computing

• Data Privacy

• Testing from SOA to the Cloud

Business Continuity in Cloud

• Fault Tolerance Mechanisms in VDC

• Backup, Replication, and Migration in VDC

• Capacity Planning & Vertical Scaling

• Private Cloud Planning

• Business Continuity Plans

• Availability in the Cloud

Cloud Infrastructure, Management, and Migration

• Cloud Service Creation & Management

• Cloud Administration & Monitoring

• Cloud Migration Considerations & Phases

Unit 5: Hadoop in Cloud Computing

• Overview of Big Data Analytics

• Introduction to Hadoop and MapReduce

• Example of MapReduce

• Hadoop as a Service in Public Cloud

• Hadoop in Private Cloud

• HDInsight