1. CompTIA Security+ Study Guide (SY0-501)
Chapter 6:
Securing the Cloud

2. Chapter 6: Securing the Cloud
Summarize cloud and virtualization concepts

3. Cloud Computing Service Models
Software as a Service (SaaS)
Platform as a Service (PaaS)
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)

4. Cloud Delivery Models
Private
Public
Community
Hybrid

5. Virtualization Type I model is known as “bare metal.”
Can boot without the operating system
Type II model is known as “hosted.”
Requires the operating system and is dependent on it

6. Virtualization Continued
Containers and application cells
Alternative to hypervisor; sometimes referred to as “Docker containers.”
A piece of software is bundled with everything that it needs to run and deployed without the need to launch an entire VM for each application.
Containers are an operating system–level virtualization method for running multiple isolated systems on a control host using a single kernel.

7. Cloud Feature and Options
VDI/VDE
On-premise vs. hosted vs. cloud
VM escape protection
VM sprawl avoidance

8. Security and the Cloud Cloud access security brokers Cloud storage
Security as a service