Cloud Application Security

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Free Online Course: Cloud Application Security provided by Coursera is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 4 weeks long, 5-6 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from Coursera. Cloud Application Security is taught by Rick Smith.

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.