From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 3 Security Architecture and Engineering

Cloud computing roles

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 3 Security Architecture and Engineering

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Cloud computing roles

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- [Instructor] In the world of cloud computing people and organizations take on different roles and responsibilities. As a cloud security professional it's important that you understand these different roles. The two primary roles in the world of cloud computing are those of the cloud service provider and the cloud customer. The cloud service provider is the business that offers cloud computing services for sale to third parties. The cloud service provider is responsible for building and maintaining their service offerings. They may do this by creating their own physical infrastructure, or they might outsource portions of their infrastructure to other cloud service providers. In that case, cloud service providers are also cloud customers. Customers are the consumers of cloud computing services. They use cloud services as the infrastructure, platforms, and or applications that help them run their own businesses. The relationship between the cloud service provider and the customer may vary depending upon the nature, importance, and cost of the service. A customer may never interact with employees at a cloud provider purchasing services only on a self-service basis, or a cloud provider may have dedicated account representatives who help manage the relationship with different customers. Cloud service partners play another important role in the cloud ecosystem. These are third-party companies who offer some product or service that interacts with the primary offerings of a cloud service provider. For example, a cloud service partner might assist a company in implementing a cloud application, or they might offer a security monitoring service that provides operational assistance with using a cloud infrastructure product. Large cloud service providers commonly have a certification program that designates third-party vendors as official partners. For example, here's the page that contains information on official partners of Amazon Web Services. Similarly, Salesforce has a consulting partner program designed to help companies get up and running with Salesforce. Partners play an important role in many cloud service implementations. The last role that we'll discuss is that of the cloud access security broker, or CASB. These are cloud service providers who offer a managed identity and access management service to cloud customers that integrate security requirements across cloud services. We'll talk more about cloud access security brokers later in this course.

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