The curriculum is structured around the "cloud migration journey" of a fictional enterprise, guiding students through real-world challenges in five critical domains:
: Implementing micro-segmentation using hub-and-spoke models and centralized traffic inspection firewalls to secure north-south and east-west traffic. sans sec 549 2021
A unique feature of SEC549 is its lab environment. Students engage with that involve identifying and correcting "anti-patterns"—inefficient or insecure designs—within live AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud organizations. These labs are designed to help students: Observe configurations in real-time consoles. The curriculum is structured around the "cloud migration