University of Minnesota

Cloud Data Security

Rick Smith

Instructor: Rick Smith

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.3

(21 reviews)

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

10 hours to complete
3 weeks at 3 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • How to analyze a data breach and trace it back to the vulnerability that made it possible.

  • How data security and privacy requirements arise from legal obligations and industry standards.

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

We organize our data into databases and structures to optimize our processing efforts. Data organization also impacts how we protect our data.

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5 videos2 assignments

Many systems rely on the Structured Query Language, and this has yielded some notorious security problems.

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2 videos1 reading1 assignment1 peer review

Each cloud vendor offers a variety of data storage and structuring services. While each vendor has their unique jargon, most services fall into well-known categories. We will examine these categories and use them to review could provider offerings.

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5 videos1 assignment1 peer review

Privacy regulations give individuals some control over data collected about them by organizations. International trade makes it important to fulfill privacy expectations of other countries and regions.

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3 videos2 readings2 assignments

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Rick Smith
University of Minnesota
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