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Emerging Technologies Part 2 — Cloud vs In-House Servers, and Threats to Data in Transit

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Eduqas/WJEC ICT 5539, Unit 1 (1.2.3) — the second 'emerging technologies' lesson in the networks block. Two halves: (1) the business decision between renting cloud computing and running an in-house server, argued rather than just listed; (2) the threats data faces while actually travelling across…

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Lesson outline

  1. Do Now — Retrieval from Last Lesson (Protocols)
  2. Keywords for This Lesson
  3. Quick Check — What Is Cloud Computing?
  4. Cloud Computing vs In-House Servers — A Business Decision
  5. Weighing Up the Two Options
  6. Hinge Question — Is Cloud Always the Better Choice?
  7. Two Very Different Organisations
  8. Now a Different Question — What Threatens Data on Its Journey?
  9. Hinge Question — Does Encryption Stop Interception?
  10. Defending Data in Transit
  11. Main Activity, Part 1 — Fenwick Legal Services: Cloud or In-House?
  12. Main Activity, Part 2 — A Threat in Transit
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