Summary

Security and encryption technologies can be complex topics. We suggest reading this chapter several times until the concepts are clear. The topic of security is prominent in the cloud community, and CompTIA has a strong emphasis on security on the exam. It is important to understand security, encryption, authentication, and authorization.

This chapter started out with a macro view of the topic of cloud security. You then learned about the need for compliance and what compliance really is by exploring many regulations that apply to private industry and government organizations. Then you learned about developing security policies, meeting these requirements, and performing audits to ensure compliance.

Encryption of your data was the next topic; you learned about a lot of heavy topics such as IP Security, various encryption technologies such as SSL and AES, and the concepts of public and private keys.

Next remote access was introduced, and you learned about the various ways to access...