Cloud computing security or cloud security refers to a broad set of policies, technologies, applications, and controls used to protect virtualized IP, data, applications, services, and the associated infrastructure of cloud computing. It is a sub-domain of computer security, network security and, more broadly, information security.
Security issues associated with the cloud
Cloud computing and storage provide users with the capability to store and process their data in third-party data centers. Organizations use the cloud in a variety of service models (e.g., SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and deployment models (private, public, hybrid, and community).
Security concerns associated with cloud computing are typically divided into issues faced by cloud providers and those faced by their customers. The responsibility is shared and is often described in a vendor’s “shared responsibility model”. The provider must secure its infrastructure, while customers must secure their applications, identities, and configuration settings.
Analyses of large-scale cloud incidents indicate that many breaches result
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