Cloud Attack Vectors: Building Effective Cyber-Defense Strategies to Protect Cloud Resources

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M. J. Haber et al.Cloud Attack Vectorshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8236-6_1

1. Introduction

Morey J. Haber¹  , Brian Chappell² and Christopher Hills³

(1)

Lake Mary, FL, USA

(2)

Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK

(3)

Gilbert, AZ, USA

 

Imagine a cool, sunny spring day: an adult and a child are strolling through the park. The sky is blue and filled with puffy, white cumulus clouds. The child turns to the adult and asks, “What are clouds made of?” The adult, with a keen sense of subtle technical humor, replies, “My dear, mostly Linux servers; mostly...”

Here is where our book begins because even clouds in the sky are not always as benign as they might appear. They can ...