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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

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Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Microsoft SharePoint for Business Executives: Q&A Handbook
Credits
Foreword
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface

Funny you should say that...


This section answers some typical follow up questions that you may have once you start to think about the different cloud computing options and potential deployment scenarios.

Q: Security is always a concern. What can I do to secure my SharePoint deployment in the cloud?

A: Security in the cloud computing world is still a major concern for many organizations. It is an expansive topic that can't be thoroughly covered in this tiny guide. However, we can provide some guidance to get you thinking about potential options. Let's use a SharePoint deployment in an Amazon VPC to illustrate some of these concepts. At the macro level, we can divide security concepts into two general categories:

  • Amazon security

  • SharePoint security

Amazon security

Amazon provides us with a few constructs that we can use to help secure our infrastructure. These include Security Groups, network Access Control Lists (ACLs), and Amazon Identity Access Management (Amazon IAM).

  • Security Groups...