# Overview of Cloud Models

## Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)

* Virtual Machine, networking, loadbalancers, firewalls
* Pieces of hardware that are virtualized in the cloud

## Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)

* Upload code packages and have them run, without access to the hardware
* You're not managing the RAM, CPU, Disk space.
* Basically "Hey here is my program, please run it"

## Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

* Access to configuration only
* Think webapps such as Dropbox, Google Drive, Office 365

## Shared Responsibility Model

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#### Always your Responsibility:

* Information and data
* Devices (PC and Mobile)
* Accounts and identities


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