Enterprise Cloud Security and Governance

Cloud security

Now that we have covered the basics of the cloud computing environment, we can go ahead and start with the security aspect pertaining to cloud environments. Cloud security is generally considered a challenge and there are special certifications such as Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) being released that are specific to cloud security-based knowledge.

The real reason why cloud security is a different challenge is because of the loss of control of the backend infrastructure and things related to the visibility of the underlying network. The scope of controls associated with the cloud platform differs depending on the service model being used.

The following diagram denotes how the scope would vary:

If we look at ...