Cloud Computing
- On-demand computer resources
- Metered service
- Elastic services and storage
- Automatically scale up or down
Service Models
- Traditional
- Everything is located and managed at an organization's location
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Networking
- Storage
- Servers
- Virtualization
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Networking
- Storage
- Servers
- Virtualization
- OS
- SaaS (Software as a Service)
- Applications
- Basically everything is taken care of, you just use the product
Risks
- ISP's uptime
- ISP's bandwidth limitations
- Cloud provider's uptime
- Cloud provider's backup and security systems
- Misconfiguration that exposed one client's data to another client
- Unauthorized access by cloud provider or illegitimate users
- Breaches of confidentiality
- Data security regulations
- Questions over ownership of intellectual property
Computer Science