CYOM 535 - Principles of Cloud Security

(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
Description: This course provides guidelines for data security utilizing cloud computing by determining the boundaries of the cloud service provider (CSP) responsible for ensuring that customer data is properly secured. Depending on the cloud services (i.e. IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), the security of the data is the responsibility of the Cloud Service Consumer (CSC) themselves. For example, in some cases the CSP may be responsible for restricting access to the data, while the CSC remains responsible for deciding which cloud service users (CSUs) should have access to it, and the behavior of any scripts or applications with which the CSU processes the data. This course identifies the security controls protecting CSC data that can be used in the different stages of the full data lifecycle.