Chapter 1
Clouds Aren’t Bulletproof
IN THIS CHAPTER
Taking charge of cloud security
Building a security team
Coming up with a risk management plan
Taking on security responsibilities
Letting cloud service providers handle some of the security
All the great innovators have been known to “have their head in the clouds.” Now it’s your turn. Cloud computing is one of the greatest innovations of modern computing since the Internet, but with all its many benefits come certain responsibilities. One vital responsibility is the management of security. You can think of clouds as Infrastructure Elsewhere, but the security of all infrastructure must be managed. In this chapter, I spell out the basics of getting to know your business so that you can best create a security plan, which is the first step toward optimal application and data security when using clouds.
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