Foundation glossary/Cloud

Shared Responsibility

Companion card for the Foundation course — study the related lesson for full progress.

Simple explanation

Cloud company secures the building; you secure your rooms and keys.

Technical explanation

Split varies by IaaS/PaaS/SaaS.

Real-life scenario

Gmail secures servers; you still need a strong password + MFA.

Security relevance

Clarifies what you must configure in cloud — misconfigs are on you.

Practical example

AWS runs hypervisor; you patch guest OS and bucket policies.

Shared responsibility — who owns which layer.

Mini quiz

On IaaS, patching the guest OS is usually:

Related lesson

No direct lesson slug yet — use the Foundation course syllabus or roadmap level cloud-security.