This chapter, being the first chapter of this book, aims at establishing the base of cloud security, based on which we will discuss all the subsequent chapters in detail. Most chapters in this book will cover specific topics and challenges that one might face in implementing security in the cloud. In this chapter, however, we will cover the basics of cloud computing and the associated security aspect that will help us get started.
We can think of this chapter as the basic principles on which the security practices need to be applied.
