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Organizations are using Cloud services to
increase employee efficiency, improve their
competitive edge, and enhance their image and
reputation. Over the past several years, Cloud
services have expanded so that almost any
resource or service can be rapidly provisioned
at low cost and with a minimal amount of effort.
Emerging Cloud Services
Cloud services provide convenient and on-demand
access to a shared pool of configurable
computing resources (e.g. networks, servers,
storage, applications, and services). To ensure
you maximize your opportunities, make sure you
are aware of new and emerging Cloud
environments.
Cloud technology has expanded and allows
almost any IT related resource to be offered as
a service. By knowing the types of Cloud
environments available, you can make informed
business decisions and ensure you are maximizing
your use of the Cloud.
When adopting new technology you should also
consider the risks involved. Security Risk
Assessments help you identify, reduce, and
manage your risks related to Cloud environments.
By identifying your Cloud assets you can ensure
that the proper security controls are in place.
Everything and Anything as a Service
Everything (EaaS) and Anything (XaaS) as a
Service describe the variety of Cloud offerings
now available.
The following are examples of major services now
offered by Cloud environments:
- Communication as a Service (CaaS)
- Database as a Service (DaaS)
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
- Monitoring as a Service (MaaS)
- Network as a Service (NaaS)
- Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Security as a Service (SecaaS)
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
- Storage as a Service (STaaS)
- Voice as a Service (VaaS)
Summary
Cloud environments have many benefits including
pay-as-you-go utility models. When evaluating
Cloud services, consider not only functionality
but also security and availability of your
information. IT
risk assessments
and
network security audits evaluate
information security, service level performance,
support (technical and user), redundancy and
availability, as well as fail over and
contingency plans.
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