Cloud Computing Architectural Framework: Cloud Benefits, Business scenarios, Cloud Computing Evolution, cloud vocabulary, Essential Characteristics of Cloud Computing, Cloud deployment models, Cloud Service Models, Multi- Tenancy, Approaches to create a barrier between the Tenants, cloud computing vendors, Cloud Computing threats, Cloud Reference Model, The Cloud Cube Model, Security for Cloud Computing, How Security Gets Integrated.
Compliance and Audit: Cloud customer responsibilities, Compliance and Audit Security Recommendations. Portability and Interoperability: Changing providers reasons, Changing providers expectations, Recommendations all cloud solutions, IaaS Cloud Solutions, PaaS Cloud Solutions, SaaS Cloud Solutions.
Traditional Security, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Risk of insider abuse, Security baseline, Customers actions, Contract, Documentation, Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), Customers responsibility, Vendor Security Process (VSP).
Data Center Operations:
Data Center Operations, Security challenge, Implement Five Principal Characteristics of Cloud Computing, Data center Security Recommendations. Encryption and Key Management: Encryption for Confidentiality and Integrity, Encrypting data at rest, Key Management Lifecycle, Cloud Encryption Standards, Recommendations.
Identity and Access Management:
Identity and Access Management in the cloud, Identity and Access Management functions, Identity and Access Management (IAM) Model, Identity Federation, Identity Provisioning Recommendations, Authentication for SaaS and Paas customers, Authentication for IaaS customers, Introducing Identity Services, Enterprise Architecture with IDaaS , IDaaS Security Recommendations. Virtualization: Hardware Virtualization, Software Virtualization, Memory Virtualization, Storage Virtualization, Data Virtualization, Network Virtualization, Virtualization Security Recommendations.