Welcome
The UWT Cloud Security Project is a senior capstone project at the University of Washington Tacoma. Our goal is to build a simulated secure university infrastructure that demonstrates modern cloud security principles, virtualization, and authentication systems.
This project showcases cloud deployment on AWS and Azure, integrating technologies like Snort, HAProxy, Shibboleth SSO, and automated ticketing systems to simulate a professional enterprise environment.
Project Goals
Virtualization
Deploy a fully virtualized environment running on AWS EC2 and S3 for scalable and secure web hosting.
Security Simulation
Implement IDS/IPS, Snort, and Shibboleth to simulate real-world network defense and identity management.
Automation
Develop an automated ticketing system to log incidents, monitor events, and streamline incident response.
System Architecture Overview
Our project simulates a secure university cloud environment similar to production systems used by higher education institutions. The architecture is designed with security, scalability, and redundancy as core principles.
User Access
Users authenticate through a Single Sign-On (SSO) system using Shibboleth, simulating university identity management.
Load Balancing
HAProxy distributes traffic across EC2 instances to ensure high availability and fault tolerance.
Security Monitoring
Snort and IDS/IPS systems monitor network traffic in real time to detect malicious activity.
Cloud Hosting
AWS EC2 hosts the web server while Amazon S3 provides static content delivery and backup storage.