Cloud Security

Abstract

Cloud solutions are third-party solutions available to any enterprise/user. Cloud users avail themselves of a number of different services deployed in the cloud provider’s infrastructure. The initial reaction to this is one of security, which is of course a major concern. The objective of this chapter is to present security-related concepts in the cloud. The reader should get a thorough understanding of how security is provided in different service models such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. By the end of this chapter the reader should also understand that putting security in place is a shared responsibility and that the cloud user is responsible for data security, compliance, and regulatory and privacy requirements. Security is a topic that attracts a lot of attention and users tend to ask the following motivational questions.