Cloud security requires understanding shared responsibility models, IAM, data protection, and compliance across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Shared Responsibility Model
- Provider responsibility: Infrastructure, network, physical security
- Customer responsibility: Identity and access, application security, encryption keys
- Shared responsibility: Encryption, data classification, incident response
Key Security Areas
- Identity & Access Management (IAM): Least privilege access
- Network Security: Security groups, NACLs, VPC design
- Data Protection: Encryption at rest and in transit
- Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements in cloud
- Monitoring & Logging: CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Stackdriver
Multi-Cloud Considerations
- Consistent security policies
- Unified identity management
- Cross-cloud monitoring and compliance