09a-Cloud Security

Question 1

Define cloud computing

Answer 1

A model for enabling ubiquitous, convenient, on-demand network access to a shared pool of configurable computing resources that can rapidly provisioned and released with minimal management effort or service provider interaction.

Question 2

List and briefly define three cloud service models

Answer 2

1. SaaS (software as a service)
2. PaaS (
3. IaaS (

Question 3

Describe some of the main cloud-specific security threats

Answer 3

12 main threats.
There are cloud specific threats and there are general security threats made more dangerous due to the nature of cloud services.

Question 4

Present an overview of cloud computing concepts

Answer 4

Five essential Characteristics
Three service models
Four deployment models

Question 5

List and define the principal cloud services

Answer 5

SaaS - Software as a Service
PaaS - Plaftform as a Service
Iaas - Infrastructure as a Service

Question 6

List and define the cloud deployment models

Question 7

Explain the NIST cloud computing reference architecture

Question 8

Understand the unique security issues related to cloud computing

Question 9

Describe Cloud security as a service