How to Secure Compute Infrastructure
In this chapter, we will learn about the patterns that can be leveraged to secure a hybrid cloud compute infrastructure. A modern hybrid cloud infrastructure consists of the following compute types:
- Bare-metal servers
- Virtual machines (VMs)
- Containers
- Serverless
Depending on the type of compute, the pattern for securing them also varies. The following diagram shows the different protection patterns for compute that will be discussed in this chapter:
Figure 5.1 – Patterns for securing cloud compute infrastructure
In the shared responsibility model for cloud security, the roles and responsibilities between the cloud provider and consumer change based on the compute type consumed from the cloud. We will discuss patterns to provide isolation to varying degrees and security for bare-metal servers, VMs, containers, and serverless compute types.
We will cover the following main topics in this...
