1. Cloud Security: A
Comprehensive Guide

2. Table of Contents
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 Web Hosting Service Provider
 Types of Web Hosting
 Cloud Hosting
 Main Features of Cloud Hosting
 Benefits
 Cloud Security
 Cloud Security’s Benefits
 Cloud Security’s Responsibility
 Cloud Security’s Challenges
 Conclusion

3.  Every website that is accessible over the Internet is available to us because it is
hosted on the web server of some web hosting company. These web hosting service
provider companies, which are also called web hosts, lease server space along with
providing the services and the technologies that are needed by a website, for it to
be accessible.
 When one refers to the “best Windows Hosting Company” or to the “best Cloud
Hosting Company” or even to the “best Hosting Company” in India or even abroad,
one is essentially referring to web hosting service providers that provide the best
quality of web hosting service to their clients.
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Web Hosting Service Providers

4. YELLOW
 Web hosting is the service provided by web hosts that makes a website accessible over the
Internet. Web hosts deliver a website’s files, which are stored on the web servers of these web
hosts, to the online viewer who has searched for that website on his web browser. Web hosting
is of many types- Shared, Dedicated, Cloud, VPS, Reseller, WordPress. Each type of web
hosting service is specialized to cater to a certain type of website requirement. So, shared
hosting can be the best option for a particular type of a website whereas dedicated hosting
can be a good option for a totally different type of a website which has other hosting
requirements that need to be fulfilled.
Types of Web Hosting
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5. Cloud Hosting
 This type of web hosting service uses cloud resources to make websites and web
applications accessible. In it multiple servers are used which form a network of
connected virtual as well as physical cloud servers to host a website/application. It
consists of a web of different computers which are all interconnected and form a
cluster. Any particular website using this type of hosting can tap into this network
which uses resources from a centralized pool. Hence, even if one server fails, there
will always be another to ensure that the websites are always up and running.
 Since solutions are not deployed on a single server and many servers are used, this
type of hosting balances the load, maximizes uptime and ensures greater flexibility
and scalability.
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6. Main Features of Cloud Hosting
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 Applications and solutions are deployed on a cloud network
 It supports SQL (including MySQL) or NoSQL databases
 Users only pay for the resources they use
 Solutions are automated and controlled with the aid of APIs, web portals, and mobile apps
 Resources scale to user needs

7. Benefits
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 Rapid deployment
 Flexibility
 Low up-front costs
 Scalability

8. Cloud Security
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 It is also referred to as cloud computing security. It is a collection of policies, procedures, technologies
and controls that work in unison to ensure the safety of cloud-based infrastructure, data and systems.
Cloud security is meant to protect cloud data, client’s privacy as well as support regulatory compliance.
Cloud security measures are configured to set authentication rules concerning users and devices as well
as filter traffic. Cloud security can be configured to meet the specific requirements of any organization.
This type of security reduces administrative overheads. The delivery of this type of security depends on
the individual cloud provider or the cloud security solutions that are in place. Cloud security processes
should be implemented jointly by the user of it (client) and the solution provider.

9. Cloud Security’s Benefits
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Some of the most important benefits of cloud security are mentioned here, in no particular order.
 Data security
 Protection against DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service Attacks)
 Reliability
 Flexibility
 Reduced costs
 Reduced administration
 Centralized security
 Regulatory compliance

10. Cloud Security’s Responsibility
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 The responsibility of cloud security is shared by both, the user of it (client) and the provider. This “Shared
Responsibility Model” has 3 categories, which are-
 Responsibilities that are of the provider at all times.
 Responsibilities that are of the user (client) at all times.
 Responsibilities that vary, based on the service model, which can be Platform as a Service (PaaS), Software
as a Service (SaaS) or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS).
 The 1st category of security responsibilities, which are of the provider’s at all times, include access to
patching, configuration of physical hosts and the physical network as well as safeguarding of the
infrastructure.
 The 2nd category of security responsibilities, which are of the client’s at all times, include safeguarding
cloud accounts from unauthorized access, managing users and their access privileges (identity and access
management), the encryption and protection of cloud-based data assets as well as ensuring compliance.

11. Cloud Security’s Challenges
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The advanced cloud security challenges are touched upon here, in no particular order.
 Lack of visibility and tracking
 Ever-changing workloads
 Increased attack surface
 Granular Privilege and Key Management
 Cloud Compliance and Governance
 Complex environments

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13. Conclusion
Cloud security’s importance is becoming more and more evident in
the present scenario, where more and more people and businesses
are shifting their data centers, business processes as well as their
devices and much more to the cloud. Ensuring a consistently high
quality of cloud data security is essential and can be achieved by
implementing comprehensive security policies, ensuring an
organizational culture of security, and by using effective cloud
security solutions.

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