Cloud Fundamentals

Cloud Shared Responsibility

Map which security and operating tasks stay with a cloud provider and which remain with the customer for each service model.

Beginner14 min read
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UNTIMED COACHING

Practice before the pressure

Use feedback to correct the model, not merely memorize an option position.

GUIDED PRACTICE

Practice the lesson questions

Answer normal lesson questions without a timer. Every answer includes an explanation, and incorrect answers can be tried again before continuing.

CONCEPT MODELS

See the lesson as a system

Use these visual guides to connect the key ideas before answering the questions.

Map the roles in Cloud Shared ResponsibilityConnect provider platform, customer configuration, service boundary, and identity responsibility as distinct cloud roles.
Map the roles in Cloud Shared ResponsibilityA cloud model connects four subject-specific roles used in cloud shared responsibility without collapsing their boundaries.
Cloud serviceProvider platform
Access scopeCustomer configuration
Resource mapService boundary
User identityIdentity responsibility
Verify Responsibility reviewConnect responsibility review with its starting inspection, expected result, and explicit safety boundary.
Verify Responsibility reviewA cloud verification model connects responsibility review with an inspection, result, and safety boundary.
Decision ruleResponsibility review
Starting checkInspect responsibility review first
Expected resultVerify responsibility review outcome
Safety boundaryProtect responsibility review state