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CSEC5615: Cloud Security
2025 unit information
Cloud security is an integral part of any cybersecurity portfolio. Increasingly data and services are moved to the cloud by all types of organizations, such as enterprises and governments. Such data and services become lucrative targets for attackers and in the last few years we have witnessed cloud security breaches in scales we have never witnessed before. This unit provides theoretical, design, and practical skills that are required to design, deploy, and maintain highly secure cloud infrastructure.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Computer Science |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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None |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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OCSE5615 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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CSEC5616 or OCSE5616 or ELEC5616 or INFO3616 or INFO2222 |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand the basic concepts, architecture, and design principles of cloud computing.
- LO2. Comprehend and apply strategies for cloud data security and privacy.
- LO3. Recognize and evaluate cloud infrastructure security risks, vulnerabilities and threats.
- LO4. Demonstrate knowledge of application security practices, including secure coding and application testing, in cloud environments.
- LO5. Explore the concepts of identity and access management (IAM) and how they are implemented in the cloud.
- LO6. Analyze network security risks and deploy effective security controls in cloud environments.
- LO7. Learn the best practices for container security and how to secure containerized applications.
- LO8. Develop skills for managing vulnerabilities and threats in the cloud environment and explore different techniques to secure it.
- LO9. Develop an understanding of Security as a Service (SECaaS) and its benefits to the cloud customers.
- LO10. Describe and research various cloud security standards to ensure regulatory and legal requirements fulfillment.
- LO11. Develop a deep understanding of cloud incident response frameworks, methodologies, and processes and how to contain and mitigate security incidents.
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Semester 1 2025
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Normal evening | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
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