Chapter 10

Question 1

IaaS (Infrastructure as a Service)

Answer 1

Allows customers to purchase and interact with the basic building blocks of a technology infrastructure.

Question 2

SaaS (Software as a Service)

Answer 2

Provides customers with access to a fully managed application running in the cloud.

Question 3

PaaS (Platform as a Service)

Answer 3

The service provider offers a platform where customers my run applications that they have developed themselves.

Question 4

HSM (Hardware Security Modules)

Answer 4

Special-purpose computing devices that manage encryption keys and perform cryptographic operations in a highly efficient manner.