How is cloud computing different?
Among Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) such as IBM, Oracle, Alibaba and others, the three most popular CSPs in the world are Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google. These CSPs are often referred to as hyperscale CSPs because their cloud offerings are available all over the globe.
When organizations first contemplate leveraging services offered by CSPs, the first topics some of them want to explore are security and compliance. They need to understand how CSPs can provide the IT capabilities they need, while meeting or exceeding industry security standards, regulated standards and their own internal security standards. I've heard a lot of myths about cloud computing and I've seen the cloud help organizations achieve things they couldn't possibly achieve in their own on-premises IT environments. I'll share some of the things I've learned about the cloud in this chapter, but please note that all the views and opinions...