Overview of Risks, Threats, and Vulnerabilities Faced in Moving to the Cloud

Abstract

As organizations develop new applications in or migrate existing applications to cloud services, they face changes in securing their information and applications. This report examines the changes to risks, threats, and vulnerabilities when applications are deployed to cloud services. Five cloud-unique threats and risks are identified along with eight threats and risks that exist on premises and in cloud computing. For each of these threats and risks, recommendations are made for managing and mitigating the threats and risks when using cloud services.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2020
Accession Number
AD1126936

Entities

People

  • Carrie Lee
  • Don Faatz
  • Kelwyn Pender
  • Nathaniel Richmond
  • Timothy Morrow

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acquisition
  • Best Practices
  • Cloud Computing
  • Commerce
  • Computer Access Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Configuration Management
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Centers
  • Engineering
  • Information Security
  • Information Systems
  • Insider Threats
  • Operating Systems
  • Risk Management
  • Security
  • Software Development
  • Standards
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Cybersecurity.
  • Strategic Security Studies