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Cloud computing

Cloud computing

- [Trainer] Cloud computing. In this lesson, we're going to cover cloud computing, the concepts, the different types of cloud computing platforms, as well as the type of attacks and the techniques attackers use to infiltrate this most important systems that we use for all of our applications. So, let's go ahead and get started. The term cloud computing refers to a large scale distributed computing model, in which services are delivered on demand to customers via the internet, managed by economies of scale. This technology has gained popularity because of its flexibility and mobility support. It allows personal and shared resources with minimal management. It also often relies on the internet. Third parties are involved providing these services, and these third parties are like, Amazon EC2 infrastructure and other providers as well. Now, the main features of cloud computing include, on demand self-service, distributed storage, rapid elasticity, measured services, automated management…

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