You're reading from Hybrid Cloud Security Patterns Leverage modern repeatable architecture patterns to secure your workloads on the cloud

Product type Paperback

Published in Nov 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803233581

Length 252 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Concepts

Cloud Computing

Author (1):

Sreekanth Iyer

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Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Introduction to Cloud Security

2. Chapter 1: Opportunities and Challenges with Hybrid Multi-cloud Solutions FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding Shared Responsibility Model for Cloud Security

4. Part 2: Identity and Access Management Patterns

5. Chapter 3: Cloud Identity and Access Management

6. Chapter 4: Implementing Identity and Access Management for Cloud Applications

7. Part 3: Infrastructure Security Patterns

8. Chapter 5: How to Secure Compute Infrastructure

9. Chapter 6: Implementing Network Isolation, Secure Connectivity, and Protection

10. Part 4: Data and Application Security Patterns

11. Chapter 7: Data Security Patterns

12. Chapter 8: Shift Left Security for DevOps

13. Part 5: Cloud Security Posture Management and Zero Trust Architecture

14. Chapter 9: Managing the Security Posture for Your Cloud Deployments

15. Chapter 10: Building Zero Trust Architecture with Hybrid Cloud Security Patterns

16. Index

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