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In IaaS, the cloud provider is responsible for securing the physical infrastructure that supports the service, including physical wires, switches, data centers, servers, and foundational hardware. Customers consume virtualized compute, storage, and networking but do not manage the provider’s physical facilities or underlying hardware fabric. API requests between microservices, database queries between application services, and workload traffic to third-party services are customer or application-owner responsibilities because they involve workload architecture, application logic, network policy, identity, and data protection. The shared responsibility model is especially important in IaaS because customers have significant control over operating systems, applications, configurations, and traffic flows. A common mistake is assuming the provider secures everything simply because the workload runs in the cloud. In reality, the provider secures the cloud infrastructure, while the customer secures what they deploy, configure, and expose. Reference/topics: Cloud Security 5.3, shared responsibility model; Cloud Security 5.2, IaaS.

Endpoint security focuses on protecting the individual device where users work, such as laptops, desktops, mobile devices, and other endpoint systems. Installing an anti-malware agent onto a user device is a direct endpoint security implementation method because the security control resides on the host and inspects files, processes, and system behavior for malicious activity. Downloading software onto a laptop to prevent spyware is also an endpoint-focused control because it protects the local device against malicious code designed to monitor activity, steal data, or weaken the operating environment. By contrast, deploying a firewall to prevent traffic from reaching an end user is primarily a network security control when placed at the network boundary. Enforcing north-south traffic policies is also network security because it governs traffic moving between internal users and the internet. Palo Alto Networks identifies endpoint security objectives and components such as security updates, antivirus, and host-based firewalls under the Endpoint Security domain. Reference: Cybersecurity Apprentice Datasheet, Endpoint Security 4.2 and 4.3.

A hybrid cloud model combines private cloud or private infrastructure with public cloud resources. It allows an organization to keep sensitive workloads or data in a controlled private environment while using public cloud capacity for elasticity, scalability, geographic reach, or cost optimization. This model is common when organizations have regulatory requirements, legacy systems, or sensitive datasets that cannot be moved fully into a public cloud, but still need the flexibility of public services. A public cloud is shared provider-operated infrastructure available to many customers. A private cloud is dedicated to one organization but does not inherently provide public cloud scalability unless integrated with it. A community cloud is shared by organizations with common requirements, such as sector-specific compliance needs. Hybrid cloud security requires consistent visibility, identity controls, policy enforcement, and shared responsibility awareness across both private and public components. Reference/topics: Cloud Security 5.1, cloud-computing deployment models; Cloud Security 5.3, shared responsibility model.