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University of Minnesota

Cloud Application Security

University of Minnesota via Coursera

Overview

After completing the course, the student should be able to do the following: ● List and describe the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities. ● Identify methods to provide cloud security assurance as part of the development life cycle, e.g. in a continuous delivery environment. ● List and describe the different types of virtualization or sandboxing used to protect cloud applications at either the server or client. ● Describe the application of authentication factors and federated identity solutions in cloud client and server authentication. ● Given a cloud application, explain where and how the necessary crypto keys, passwords, and other security secrets should be stored and distributed.

Syllabus

  • Application Security Risks
    • This module introduces the course and reviews OWASP "Top Ten" risks relevant to cloud computing. There are also background videos on packet network operation.
  • Architecture and Authentication
    • A discussion of server architecture principles and survey of user authentication mechanisms.
  • Session Management
    • The session mechanism maintains application state across independent, stateless transactions via HTTP or a web API.
  • Providers, Crypto, and Scripts
    • These videos cover additional topics: provider trust, using provider crypto, and security mechanisms for preventing script-based attacks.

Taught by

Rick Smith

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