ADIT 3200 DevOps Automation and Cloud Security

Name: DevOps Automation and Cloud Security
Rating: 4.76 (10 reviews)

In this course, students will learn DevOps methodologies and practices that emphasize collaboration, communication, and automation throughout the application lifecycle. Emphasis will be given to orchestration and automation platforms and tools that reduce risk and enhance security. Security and controls of major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) will also be discussed.

Course overview

Department: Advancing Studies
School: ADV
Credits: 4
Level: Undergraduate
Offered: Periodically

Catalog details

Prerequisites: ADIT2000 and ADIT1400 or ADIT1450

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.76 / 5 · Excellent
10 responses
Instructor rating: 4.66 / 5 · Excellent
10 responses
Terms evaluated: 2
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Spring 2026	Peter Salvitti	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.8	4.8	4.6	4.8	4.8	4–6 hrs/week	6 of 10
Spring 2025	Peter Salvitti	5.0	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	4.8	5.0	4.5	—	4 of 8

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Peter Salvitti
Spring 2027, Spring 2026, Spring 2025 · Official rating 4.66/5

Sections

Section 01
Spring 2027 · Peter Salvitti · W 06:15PM-07:45PM · Offered