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Using Amazon EC2 to Teach Cloud Security

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Short overview of the module

This module begins with an introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS) through a set of slides.

We also include here a hands-on lab for you and your students to create AWS accounts for a course.

This module could be used in a junior-level class, such as Operating Systems or Networking. It is designed as a self-contained module that could be used as is, slides and all. It could also be modified to fit into the course you are teaching. If you decide to use this module, we would highly appreciate if you could simply send us an email letting us know in what course you plan to use this module. Any suggestions for improvement are also very welcome. And if you wish to share your own modified version of this module with other instructors, we could host your module on our site (with due credit to you of course).

Required background / Target students

This module is designed for students who are in an undergraduate class that teaches Operating Systems or Networking, within a curriculum in Computer Science or Computer Engineering. It assumes the student is already familiar with basic concepts of operating systems or networking.

Learning goals

After this module is taught as part of a Computer Science Systems course, it is expected that the student:

  • will have setup an AWS account for your course;
  • will have $100 AWS credit for labs and assignments for your course;
  • will be ready to launch an instance in one of the AWS services.

 Reading

Slideset

 Hands-on Tutorial — Setup your AWS account for a class

Resources