title: Cloud Security and Privacy: An Enterprise Perspective on Risks and Compliance (Theory in Practice)
author:  Tim Mather 
description: Enterprise Practices for Risk Management and Compliance
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  **THE BIG USER-FRIENDLY CYBER-SECURITY GIANT**
  
  -PALO ALTO NETWORKS-
  
   _AN ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SECURE YOUR CLOUD AND ON-PREMISE NETWORKS_
  
  Rachel Sebastian Purackal
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
  INTRODUCTION
  
  > Enterprise Products
  
  > Cloud Storage and Analysis Products
  
  > Threat research
  
  > Acquisitions
  
  CHAPTER 1
  
  Fundamentals in Cloud Computing
  
  > IMPORTANT FACTORS IN CLOUD COMPUTING DEVELOPMENT
  
  > What Cloud Computing Doesn’t Include
  
  > Alternative Points of View
  
  > Essential Characteristics
  
  > > On-Demand Self-Service
  
  > > Broad Network Access
  
  > > Location-Independent Resource Pooling
  
  > > Rapid Elasticity
  
  > > Measured Service
  
  > > Architectural Influences
  
  > > High-Performance Computing
  
  > > Cloud Turbulence
  
  > > Risks associated with SaaS applications
  
  > > The terms “compliance” and “protection” are not interchangeable
  
  CHAPTER 2
  
  Gateway to Cybersecurity
  
  > Examples of recent high-profile cyber-attacks
  
  > Cyberthreats
  
  > > Profiles of assailants and their