Best Practices Managing Security
and Privacy for Cloud Computing (AIT 690.02)
Dr. Massimiliano Albanese, Department of Applied Information Technology Spring 2012. Wednesdays, 7:20 pm - 10:00 pm, Enginering Building 1110, Fairfax Campus Office hours. Wednesdays, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Engineering Building, Fairfax Campus |
Catalog Description
This course offers a survey of security and privacy issues in Cloud Computing systems, along with an overview of current best practices and available technologies. In this course, we examine cloud computing models, look into the threat model and security issues related to data and computation outsourcing, and explore practical applications of secure Cloud Computing.
The course is offered as an Advanced Topics course in Spring 2012, and will be offered as a regular course (AIT 670) in Fall 2012. Find this course in Patriot Web.
Course Goals
Upon successful completion of this
course students will:
-
become familiar with the
technology that enables and supports the effective use of Cloud Computing
infrastructures;
-
become familiar with an array of
security and privacy issues in Cloud Computing systems, current best practices,
and open problems;
-
become familiar with legal and
regulatory issues pertaining Cloud Computing;
-
acquire experience in discussing
and writing about Cloud Computing and security related issues.
Prerequisites
Registration in MS, Applied IT
program or permission of Instructor.
Course Format
The course will employ lectures,
in class-quizzes to assess progress, assignments, a mid-term exam, and a final
exam. Students will be required to write a technical paper on a topic which
must be approved in advance by the instructor.
Textbooks and reading materials
Securing
the Cloud Vic
(J.R.) Winkler ISBN: 9781597495929 Syngress, 2011 |
1)
“DRAFT Cloud Computing Synopsis and
Recommendations”, NIST, May 2011
2)
“NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap”, NIST,
July 2011
Course Outline
Below is an outline of the 15 weekly class meetings.
Grading
Policy
Grading will be based on class
participation, in-class quizzes, assignments, team project, term paper,
mid-term and final exams. Points for course activities will accrue as follow:
Activity
|
Point
|
|
Class participation
|
150
|
|
In-class quiz
|
50
|
|
Mid-term exam
|
150
|
|
Graded
assignments (2 @ 50 points each)
|
100
|
|
Presentation |
100
|
|
Term paper
|
150
|
|
Final exam
|
150
|
|
Total
|
850 |
Final
letter grades are assigned as follows. Breakpoints may be adjusted depending on
overall class performance.
Point % range
|
Letter grade
|
97% - 100%
|
A+
|
93% - 96.9%
|
A
|
90% - 92.9%
|
A-
|
87% - 89.9%
|
B+
|
83% - 86.9%
|
B
|
80% - 82.9%
|
B-
|
77% - 79.9%
|
C-
|
73% - 76.9%
|
C
|
70% - 72.9%
|
C+
|
67% - 69.9%
|
D+
|
63% - 66.9%
|
D
|
60% - 62.9%
|
D-
|
0-59.9%
|
F
|
Students who wish to recover credits
lost in other course activities can volunteer to give short presentations (5-8 slides,
15 minutes) on a topic of their choice. Each short presentation will earn up to
30 points, for a maximum of two presentations per student during the whole
course. Students must notify the instructor in advance of their intention to
give a short presentation. Time and topic of the presentation must be approved
by the instructor.
Regular attendance is strongly
recommended. Students will be held responsible for all material covered in
class. Quizzes and
exams are given on the dates specified on the course schedule. Absence from
taking any quiz/exam will result in a score of zero, unless cleared in advance
with the instructor and arranged for a makeup session. Excusable absences are
normally related to unavoidable and documented emergency situations.