As we see more and more organizations starting to outsource their data to services such as Amazon and Telco-based cloud environments, there is an increased importance around the security of the actual data that resides in these environments. In some cases, organizations are moving business-critical and privacy sensitive data off-site to take advantage of reduced infrastructure costs, but in some cases, to leverage the security postures of the cloud providers themselves.
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If there’s anything around here more important than my ego, I want it caught and shot now!
This week I decided to take a step back and dedicate the entire week (with the exception of my Technology Tuesday post) to highlighting the latest and greatest in each of the different cloud service models, starting with today’s post dedicated to Infrastructure as a Service or IaaS. Throughout the week I will be exploring aside from IaaS, Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) and Desktop as a Service (DaaS).
So let’s just right in, shall we? Today we look at the bottom level of our service model, Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS as it’s usually called. Continue reading