University Cloud Services Standards and Regulatory Compliance Report

This report provides an overview of cloud services security, with a specific focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. It highlights the importance of security in cloud environments, comparing it to on-premises server farms while emphasizing the cost-effectiveness of cloud solutions. The report discusses the security measures implemented by AWS, including adherence to various standards such as PCI DSS Level 1, SOC, and ISO certifications, as well as compliance with FISMA, DIACAP, and FedRAMP. It then examines Microsoft Azure's approach to cloud security, emphasizing its commitment to providing a trusted cloud environment and its use of industry experience in building robust security technologies. The report mentions Azure's focus on physical security, client access protection, and data security. It also highlights the importance of compliance and the resources Microsoft provides to help organizations meet regulatory requirements. Overall, the report underscores the significance of security standards and regulatory compliance in cloud computing, using AWS and Azure as examples of secure cloud service providers.

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AWS:
The Cloud security at the Amazon AWS is the highest priority. As a customer of
AWS , the customer will gain profit by server farm as well as the system engineering that is
worked for meeting necessities of most of the associations security that is touchy. The
security in cloud based system is having so much similarity with the security that is in the
customer’s on premises farms of the server, without that expenses of keeping up the
equipment as well as the offices. In cloud, the customer does not need to oversee the servers
that are physical as well as the capacity gadgets. Rather, the customer use the security
instruments that are based on the security for screening as well as ensuring the progression of
the data and information into as well as of out of the assets of the customerthat are on the
cloud.
The leverage of Amazon AWS Cloud is, this have the ability to enable the customer
for scaling as well as advance, while keeping up a situation that is safe and paying just for
administrations the customer use (Amazon, 2015). This implies the customer can have the
security that the customer needed at a cost that is lower than in an on premises condition.
As the AWS client the consumer acquire all of the prescribed procedures of the AWS
approaches, engineering, as well as the operational procedures worked for fulfilling the
prerequisites the most of the security delicate clients. For getting the adaptability as well as
readiness the customer need in controls for security.
The AWS Cloud Compliance gives the empowerment to the customer for
comprehending the controls of the vigorous for setting up at the AWS for keeping up
information as well as the security insurance in the cloud based system. As all of the systems
or frameworks are based over foundation of AWS Cloud, the obligations that is consistence
shall be shared. By integrating cantered administration, review the administration highlights

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that are agreeable with consistence or review models that are relevant, AWS Compliance is
giving empowerment to the agents for expanding on conventional projects (Wittig and
Wittig, 2015). This encourages consumers to build up as well as work in the AWS security
control condition.
The framework of the IT that is given by the AWS to the clients of it, is structured as
well as oversaw in the arrangement with the security rehearses that are the best as well as the
assortment of the guidelines of the IT security. List of assurance that AWS goes along:
 PCI DSS Level 1
 SOC 1/ISAE 3402, SOC 2, SOC 3
 ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018
 FISMA, DIACAP, and FedRAMP
Microsoft Azure:
Microsoft is focused on giving the customer a confided in the set of cloud
administrations. The developers have utilized the decades of long industry experience that
was building endeavour programming as well as the running of the portion of the hugest
online administrations of the world for making a hearty arrangement of the advances of the
security as well as the practices of the Azure. Best in class physical security ensuring that the
Microsoft datacentres is planned, constructed, and worked to universally perceived models
(Bjørner and Jayaraman, 2015). Microsoft is put resources into making foundation of Azure
strong for assault, protecting the access of the client to the Azure condition, as well as helping
keep client information secure.
Consistence assumes a basic job in giving affirmation to clients, and is a significant
component in the relationship that is based on trust. Through the broadly perceived formal

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guidelines that are affirmed by free outsiders, Microsoft enables associations to agree to
continually moving prerequisites and guidelines administering the security, accumulation,
and utilization of people's information (Mrozek, Gosk and Małysiak, 2015). Althrough, the
long-standing association with the lawful and consistence network, Microsoft has built up an
abundance of assets for experts who need important data on the primary administrative and
consistence contemplations related with distributed computing. This incorporates both
security law prerequisites that apply over all ventures, and division explicit rules and
guidelines.

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