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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Problem

How to secure and protect bare-metal servers.

Context

The foundation infrastructure is made up of bare-metal or physical servers. Bare-metal servers are also referred to as dedicated servers and provide maximum performance by delivering single tenancy. As shown in the diagram that follows, the security design needs to cover the different layers that make up the server. These layers include the physical hardware and the host operating system forming the bottom of the stack. The next layer is formed of the binaries and libraries that are leveraged by the operating system and hosted applications:

Figure 5.2 – Bare-metal server

The bare-metal server option provides direct root access to server resources and the consumer has the opportunity to customize the environment as per their needs. While there is flexibility with a bare-metal server, it increases the security...