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Cloud Security Basics

Cloud Security Basics

This course is part of Cybersecurity in the Cloud Specialization

Instructor: Rick Smith

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

108 reviews

Beginner level

No prior experience required

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

94%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

Design a simple cloud service and select appropriate security measures to protect it.
Associate user roles with appropriate entities deploying or using a cloud service.
Assess levels of risk and recent vulnerabilities that apply to cloud services.
Learn and apply basic network security techniques in the cloud environment.

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course introduces you to cybersecurity for the cloud. We'll learn and apply classic security techniques to today’s cloud security problems. We start with a deceptively simple and secure web service and address the problems arising as we improve it. We’ll analyze recent cloud security vulnerabilities using standard, systematic techniques. We’ll build our own web service case studies and construct security solutions for them. Our toolkit contains classic security concepts like Least Privilege and Separation of Duty, as well as more technical cryptographic and access control techniques.

Module details

Here we introduce Internet server security in six steps, covering the first three in detail.

What's included

12 videos4 readings5 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

12 videosTotal 65 minutes

Welcome to Cloud Security Basics5 minutes
Introducing Internet Service Security5 minutes
Step 1: Isolated Desktop Service8 minutes
Scoring CIA Impacts5 minutes
Attacking the Step 1 System5 minutes
Step 2. Improved Robustness7 minutes
Step 3. Separated Duties8 minutes
User and Group Permissions4 minutes
A Discussion Forum Scenario7 minutes
Elements of an Internet Service Outline4 minutes
Service Outline Example: Discussion Forum4 minutes
Service Outline: Peer Review Assignment2 minutes

4 readingsTotal 17 minutes

An overview of Cloud Security Basics10 minutes
Scenario 1-The Costly Schedule1 minute
Scenario 2-The Discussion Forum1 minute
Chapters from "Authentication: From Passwords to Public Keys"5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 84 minutes

Internet Service Security10 minutes
Step 230 minutes
Step 34 minutes
Step 120 minutes
Steps 1 through 320 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Service Outline of Scenario #160 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 15 minutes

Unofficial Web Projects15 minutes

We examine techniques to control how different hosts interact within a network.

What's included

7 videos3 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

7 videosTotal 44 minutes

Step 4. Adding Some Scale9 minutes
Network Addressing7 minutes
Network Protocol Layers4 minutes
Networking Devices6 minutes
Security Controls: Packet Filtering8 minutes
Circuit and Content Control8 minutes
Cloud Service Outline for Peer Review3 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 48 minutes

Network Layers and Addressing30 minutes
Network Structure10 minutes
Traffic Filtering8 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 60 minutes

Cloud Service Outline60 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 10 minutes

Wikipedia as a source10 minutes

Modern systems rarely reside inside a single trust boundary. We use cryptography to protect information when it travels outside our trust boundary.

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15 videos1 reading5 assignments1 peer review1 discussion prompt

15 videosTotal 75 minutes

Step 5: Remote Administration5 minutes
Secret Sharing with Public-Key Crypto4 minutes
Transport Layer Security4 minutes
Hashing for Authentication4 minutes
Network Authentication5 minutes
TLS Message Integrity5 minutes
Classic SSL/TLS Using the RSA Cipher6 minutes
Authenticating Network Servers5 minutes
Digital Signatures4 minutes
Validating a Public-Key Certificate5 minutes
Who Signs a Public-Key Certificate?5 minutes
Delegation and Certificate Chains4 minutes
Securing the Step 5 Services5 minutes
Describing an Attack using CVSS7 minutes
Assessing a Vulnerability with CVSS9 minutes

1 readingTotal 10 minutes

Assessment of CVE-2019-994510 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 30 minutes

Public Key Exchange and TLS5 minutes
Crypto Authentication5 minutes
Server Authentication5 minutes
Public Key Certificates10 minutes
Step 5 Services5 minutes

1 peer reviewTotal 80 minutes

Use CVSS to Assess a Cloud Vulnerability80 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 15 minutes

Backing Up Computer Systems15 minutes

The public cloud provides both operational benefits and security challenges. We use concepts from the earlier modules to address cloud security challenges.