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Sub Committee - Specialization for Curriculum Development

Post Graduate/ Under Graduate

Course Title: Cloud Architectures and Security

Course Code:

Number of Credits: 4

Level: 3

Learning Objective/Outcome (s):

This subject gives students the skills and knowledge to understand how Cloud
Computing Architecture can enable.

A general comparative study on different types of cloud architecture, The course on


cloud security introduces the basic concepts of security systems and cryptographic
protocols, which are widely used in the design of cloud security.

 Analyze and understand the basics of cloud architecture


 Evaluate cloud architecture in terms of comparative study on various cloud
architecture available
 Critique cloud architecture and various component in cloud architecture

Pre-learning:

 Server and Network resources


 Knowledge software architectures and network architecture
 Fundamental knowledge of networking

Course Outline

Sr. Topics Hours


No.
1 Introduction To Cloud Architecture: 10
Introduction to Cloud Computing Architecture, private, public and
hybrid cloud, Types of cloud architecture, Cloud types; IaaS, PaaS,
SaaS. Benefits and challenges of cloud computing, public vs
private clouds, role of virtualization in enabling the cloud,
Business Agility: Benefits and challenges to Cloud architecture.
2 Server Architectures: Introduction to server , Stand-alone, blades, 10
stateless, clustering, scaling, optimization, virtualization. Limitation
of traditional server deployments; modern solutions. Applications;
database, finance etc. Redundant Layer 2 and Layer 3 designs. Case
studies
3 Data Centre Architectures: Network connectivity optimization 10
evolution: Top of rack (TOR), end of rack (EOR), scale up vs scale
up, solutions that reduce power and cabling. Data Centre standards;
TIA/EIA-942. Structured cabling standards, fibre and copper
cabling characteristics, cable management, bandwidth requirements,
I/O connectivity.
4 Virtualized Data Center Architecture: Cloud infrastructures; public, 10
private, hybrid. Service provider interfaces; Saas, Paas, Iaas. VDC
environments; concept, planning and design, business continuity
and disaster recovery principles. Managing VDC and cloud
environments and
infrastructures.
5 Storage Network Design: Architecture of storage, analysis and 8
planning. Storage network design considerations; NAS and FC
SANs, hybrid storage networking technologies (iSCSI, FCIP, FCoE),
design for storage virtualization in cloud computing, host system
design considerations.
6 Security Concepts: Introduction to cloud Security, Confidentiality, 8
privacy, integrity, authentication, non-repudiation, availability,
access control, defence in depth, least privilege, how these concepts
apply in the cloud, what these concepts mean and their importance
in PaaS, IaaS and SaaS. e.g. User authentication in the cloud;
Cryptographic Systems- Symmetric cryptography, stream ciphers,
block ciphers, modes of operation, public-key
Cryptography, hashing, digital signatures, public-key infrastructures,
key management, X.509 certificates, OpenSSL.

7 Cloud Computing Security 4


Basic Terms and Concepts, Threat Agents, Cloud Security Threats.
Cloud Security Mechanisms, Encryption, Hashing, Digital Signature,
Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Identity and Access Management
(IAM), Single Sign, On (SSO), Cloud, Based Security, Groups,
Hardened Virtual Server Images

Pedagogy

 Class Room
 Case Studies
 Lab Work
Books Recommended

 Gautam Shroff, “Enterprise Cloud Computing Technology Architecture Applications”,


Cambridge University Press; 1 edition, [ISBN: 978-0521137355], 2010.
 Toby Velte, Anthony Velte, Robert Elsenpeter, “Cloud Computing, A Practical
 Approach” McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition [ISBN: 0071626948], 2009.
 Greg Schulz, “Cloud and Virtual Data Storage Networking”, Auerbach
Publications [ISBN: 978-1439851739], 2011.
 Cloud Computing Protected: Security Assessment Handbook (John Rhoton, Jan De Clercq,
David Graves)ISBN: 9780956355621, 0956355625
 Kevin Corbin, Ron Fuller, David Jansen, “NX-OS and Cisco Nexus
Switching: Next-Generation Data Center Architectures” Cisco Press; 1
edition [ISBN: 9781587058929], 2010.

Suggested Assessment/ Evaluation Methods

 LAB Examination
 Case Studies
 Presentations

Benchmarked against similar courses in other national/ international


universities /organizations

S. Name of the Course Name of University where it is


No. offered

Cloud Architecture Principles for


1
IaaS Stanford University, CA

2 Cloud Architectures SRM University, Chennai

3 Cloud Security
SRM University, Chennai
Specialization: Cloud Computing- Mumbai University
4 III

Building Clouds and Services

Name of
Members
Designation

Org. / Inst.

Signature

Name of
Experts

Designation

Org. / Inst.

Signature

Signature of Dean:

Date:

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