Length : 10 hours - 2 cfu

Abstract 

Cloud computing is changing the design, development, and provisioning of software and corresponding IT infrastructures.

Although cloud is clearly becoming a mainstream solution, there are still important obstacles on the cloud adoption path.

Among them, assurance challenges stand out, and introduce the need of re-thinking existing assurance approaches to support the evaluation of non-functional (security) properties of cloud-based systems.

Proper management of assurance requirements in fact can boost cloud adoption by

i) increasing cloud trustworthiness and the confidence of the users in cloud technologies, and

ii) fostering a proper balancing between costs, performance, and quality of service.

The course "Practical Approaches to Cloud Assurance and Security" will provide an overview of the main approaches to cloud assurance and security, discussing their peculiarities, pros and cons, and identifying the gaps that need to be filled towards a trustworthy cloud.

Dates & Venue

Lecturer

Prof. Claudio Agostino Ardagna - Prof. Ernesto Damiani - Dr. Marco Anisetti

Assessor

Prof. Claudio Agostino Ardagna