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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Securing serverless implementations

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Problem

Determining what the patterns for securing serverless deployments or cloud functions should be.

Context

Serverless, as shown in the following diagram, is the latest among the computing type options. It is also called Function as a Service (FaaS). Amazon Web Services (AWS) Lambda, Azure Functions, IBM, and Google Cloud Functions are popular examples of serverless computing models. In this model, an application is broken into separate functions that run when triggered by some action. The consumer is charged only for the processing time used by each function as it executes:

Figure 5.11 – Serverless or cloud functions

A major challenge with securing serverless functions is that they are short-lived or ephemeral. So, it can be challenging to monitor and detect malicious activity in serverless functions. Serverless functions rely on underlying components and other cloud services...