Security Control Implementation

In the previous chapter, you learned about the top risks that exist today in the physical, logical, and virtual environments as a cloud consumer and provider. You also reviewed how to analyze, assess, and address the risks with safeguards and countermeasures.

This chapter delves deeper into the vital security controls necessary for the robust protection of cloud environments. We’ll explore how these controls are strategically implemented to safeguard the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data and services, essential for maintaining secure and compliant cloud infrastructures.

The topics covered in this chapter include the following:

• Physical and environmental security controls
• System, storage, and communication security controls
• Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions for identification, authentication, and authorization
• Cloud security audit mechanisms to ensure the proper implementation of these controls...