Everyone is talking about cloud computing nowadays. It has become a new way to do business. Suppose you are an IT analyst of a company and your boss asks you to investigate into cloud computing and present him the services and capabilities it can offer. He instructs you to specially note the security aspects of cloud computing. Moreover, since Amazon is one of the first companies to offer cloud services to the public and has good customer service and reputation, you are going to specifically look into Amazon’s cloud computing services and use it as an example to explain the concept of cloud computing, the services available, and the security aspects.
You are expected to write a report based upon your investigation and provide a detailed answer to the following questions your boss may ask.
1. What is cloud computing? How does it work?
2. What are the typical applications of cloud computing? Explain them.
3. Describe the cloud computing’s infrastructure security including at the network level, the host level, and the application level.
4. Amazon’s cloud computing services is called Amazon Web Services (AWS). The most central and well-known services are Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Explain these two services of AWS.
5. Describe the security features of EC2 and S3 for protecting sensitive data and applications.
