you will add any needed security components to your Web database application you created in homework 3.

SDEV 400 – Homework 4

AWS Cloud Security

Overview:

In this homework, you will add any needed security components to your Web database application you

created in homework 3.

Assignment: Total 100 points

Using the readings from weeks 1 and 8 as a baseline, and your homework 3, review your code and

application for any potential vulnerabilities. Fix the vulnerabilities and redeploy the application on AWS.

For your documentation, you should describe the vulnerabilities you found and discuss how you fixed

them. You should provide screen captures of the revised web database application running on the AWS

servers.

Finally, and most importantly, be sure to shut down each instance to avoid any additional charges to

your account.

Your document should be well-organized, well-written and provide all references used for your

research. There should be minimal spelling and grammatical errors.

Deliverables:

Submit your paper in Word or PDF format no later than the due date.

Grading rubric:

Attribute Meets Does not meet

Find and Fix Vulnerabilities

75 points Reviews homework 3 code and database scripts and identifies any potential vulnerabilities. (25 points) Fixes the vulnerabilities. (40 points) Redeploys the application on AWS. (10 points)

0 points Does not review homework3 code and database scripts or identify any potential vulnerabilities. Does not fix the vulnerabilities. Does not redeploys the application on AWS.

Documentation and submission

25 points Describes the vulnerabilities you found. (5 points) Discusses how the vulnerabilities were fixed. (10 points) Provides screen captures of the revised web database application

0 points Does not describe the vulnerabilities you found. Does not discuss how the vulnerabilities were fixed. Does not provide screen captures of the revised web database application running on the AWS servers.

running on the AWS servers. (5 points) Document is well-organized and well-written, provides all references used for your research using APA style citing guidelines, and contains minimal spelling and grammatical errors. (5 points)

Document is not well-organized or well-written, does not provide all references used for your research using APA style citing guidelines, and contains multiple spelling and grammatical errors.