Summary

The Cloud+ exam has a strong security focus, which makes this a critical chapter to understand before taking the exam. The chapter focused on the implementation of security in the cloud.

You learned about data classification and how it is used, as well as that classification serves many purposes including compliance, security, and lifecycle management. You learned that by segmenting your cloud deployment into sections, security polices can be applied to each segment or area, which allows for a granular security deployment. You learned how to segment the network, storage, and compute resources and then were given an overview of how security can be applied to these segments.

Encryption technologies have a central role in security. The chapter covered the implementation of encryption and the many frameworks and encryption types that are common in the cloud. You learned about encrypting storage systems, databases, and data as it is being sent over a network. Encryption as it applies...