Chapter 10. Cloud Security Mechanisms
10.4 Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
10.5 Identity and Access Management (IAM)
10.7 Cloud-Based Security Groups
10.8 Hardened Virtual Server Images
This chapter establishes a set of fundamental cloud security mechanisms, several of which can be used to counter the security threats described in Chapter 6.
10.1. Encryption
Data, by default, is coded in a readable format known as plaintext. When transmitted over a network, plaintext is vulnerable to unauthorized and potentially malicious access. The encryption mechanism is a digital ...
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