Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Objectives:

• To provide the student with knowledge about state-of-the-art Internet of Things (IoT) devices, their functionalities, and the privacy and security considerations related to those
• To provide the student with knowledge about virtualization, cloud computing, edge computing, and their security aspects.
• To provide the student with knowledge about recent trends of IoT and cloud integration, with a focus on the privacy and security aspects.
• To provide the student with skills to perform analysis, design, and implementation of systems that integrate IoT and cloud computing, with a focus on privacy and security.
• To provide the student with knowledge about recent developments in communication technologies, such as 5G, their usage, and their security aspects.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Must have knowledge about:

• the concept of "Cloud native"
• IoT devices and the usage of cloud computing in complex IoT architectures
• the most common frameworks offred by major cloud providers
• different technologies for distributed ledgers
• open source and commercial state-of-the-art tools and frameworks for IoT and cloud integration
• microservice architectures, containers and orchestration and security considerations of such architectures
• different virtualization techniques, how they are used to support the cloud and their security characteristics

Skills

Must be able to:

• set up a cloud service which can communicate with an application
• design and implement secure solutions for IoT devices that make use of the cloud
• analyse and discuss the security aspects of existing IoT platforms
• utilize distributed ledger technologies
• understand the adoption of 5G in the context of IoT and edge computing

Competences

Must have the competences to:

• design and implement secure IoT solutions that integrate with the cloud
• analyse and assess best practices in IoT and cloud architectures

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed at the start of §17; Structure and contents of the programme

Exam

Exams