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Cloud Security Automation

You're reading from Cloud Security Automation Get to grips with automating your cloud security on AWS and OpenStack

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788627863

Length 334 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

AWS

Concepts

Cloud Security

Author (1):

Prashant Priyam

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page

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Contributors

Preface

1. Introduction to Cloud Security FREE CHAPTER

2. Understanding the World of Cloud Automation

3. Identity and Access Management in the Cloud

4. Cloud Network Security

5. Cloud Storage and Data Security

6. Cloud Platform Security

7. Private Cloud Security

8. Automating Cloud Security

9. Cloud Compliance

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Summary

This chapter instructed us on how to ensure security for PaaS services, such as database and analytics services.

In the next chapter, you will learn how to secure private cloud infrastructures and workloads running on private clouds.

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Authors (1)

Prashant Priyam

Prashant Priyam

Prashant Priyam is an astute professional with a great deal of experience in cloud technologies, specifically requirement analysis, solution architecture, design, and delivery. He also has experience in cloud services and solutions, cloud consultancy and deployment, and data center services.

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