CIS 156 - Security with AWS

3 units
2 hours lecture, 3 hours lab
Prerequisite: CIS 150 with a minimum grade of C or equivalent experience
Recommended Preparation: CIS 152 OR CIS 154 OR CIS 119
Credit, degree applicable
Transfer CSU, UC

This course focuses on security as it applies to cloud technologies. Students will learn the general security concept of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of computing resources and will use Amazon Web Services to explore how security is implemented in a cloud infrastructure. Specific AWS topics include the AWS Shared Responsibility model and how to use AWS security and monitoring tools to analyze hardware, services, and networks. User activity, key management services, various firewalls, and the planning and configuration of private and public subnets will also be covered.