Cloud security

What you'll learn

• Understand the importance of risk assessment in implementing cloud security
• Understand how cloud customers and cloud service providers share responsibility for security
• List some of the prominent threats to cloud security
• Understand the role that cryptography plays in securing data
• Understand the difference between symmetric encryption and asymmetric encryption
• Understand how public key cryptography facilitates the secure exchange of data
• Explain the concept of multilayered data security and why it is necessary
• Explain some of the services offered by data-security platforms and the integrated security services offered by cloud service providers