As more application development teams consider building and deploying cloud applications for critical business functionality, security professionals are evaluating the issues and risks inherent in cloud applications. As with any application, it is imperative to consider security implications during the initial planning and requirements stages of the application lifecycle.
This white paper, provided by Hewlett Packard, outlines the three most common cloud application delivery models: infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS), and software as a service (SaaS). For each delivery model, security considerations and issues are addressed as well as the implications to the software development lifecycle processes.