Cloud computing fundamentals CS-SEC-301 Assignment

Program: CS

Course: Cloud Security

Assignment 3:Cloud computing fundamentals

Name: ___________________________________

Part A: Concepts

1. Alice is the CEO for a software company; she is considering migrating the operation from the current traditional on-premises environment into the cloud. Consider all the three service models, and explain which cloud service model should she most likely consider for her companys purposes? Give proper justification of your choice.


2. If an organization wants to retain the most control of their assets in the cloud, which service and deployment model combination should they choose from the four below? Explain your answer with proper reasoning.

1. Platform as a service (PaaS), community cloud


2. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), hybrid cloud


3. Software as a service (SaaS), public cloud


4. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS), private cloud

3. Continuing with the above scenario, if an organization wants to realize the most cost savings by reducing administrative overhead, which service and deployment model combination should they choose from the above four? Explain your answer with proper reasoning.

4. What technology would you use to protect the access to your web application API? Why?

Part B: Amazon Web Services (AWS)

5. Explain the options that are available in AWS support plans.

6. The sign in login page in AWS allows to choose Root User or IAM User. What is the difference? Which one would you usually use?

7. What do you understand by a security group?

8. What is a stateful and a stateless firewall? Provide an example of each in AWS.

9. Can you change the private IP address of an EC2 instance while it is running or in a stopped state? Properly justify your answer.

10. What is the difference between instances in public & private subnets?

11. Write down the steps to create a billing alarm when it reaches out to a threshold.