CHAPTER 9

Security in Cloud Computing

This chapter includes questions from the following topics:

•   Identify cloud computing concepts

•   Understand basic elements of cloud security

•   Identify cloud security tools

I wanted to introduce this chapter by talking about how large and ubiquitous the topic of “cloud” is and how, conversely, so few people in my circle of life know anything at all about it. I mean, we use the term a lot—sometimes incorrectly—but very few people I interact with have any real idea what “cloud” means and how it works. So I did what anyone else in my position would do—I ran a Google search.

Opening my browser, I searched for “knowing just enough about a topic,” and instead of finding exactly what I was looking for, ...

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