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Security in Cloud Computing
Learning Objectives
The main objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of security
issues in cloud computing. After reading this chapter, you will
• Understand the different security aspects
• Understand the security issues in cloud service models
• Understand identity management and access control issues related
to security
• Understand audit and compliance in security
Preamble
Security is an important aspect to be considered in the cloud computing
environment. This chapter focuses on different aspects of security. We begin
with the introduction to cloud security. Subsequent sections talk about data