Chapter 6

Threats and Vulnerabilities Associated with Operating in the Cloud

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 1.6 (Explain the threats and vulnerabilities associated with operating in the cloud) of the CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+) CS0-002 certification exam:

  • Cloud service models: Describes Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).

  • Cloud deployment models: Covers public, private, community, and hybrid clouds.

  • Function as a Service (FaaS)/serverless architecture: Discusses the concepts of FaaS.

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Investigates the use of scripting in the environment.

  • Insecure application programming interface (API): Identifies vulnerabilities ...

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