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Question: In this course, you will begin building a Key Assignment (Strategic Plan) for your selected company to begin utilizing cloud computing. The Key Assignment project deliverables will consist of the following: 3 pages each part.

• Benefits and risks of cloud computing (part I)

1. Address the following in 3pages:

i. Define and explain in detail the following cloud services:

• IaaS

• PaaS

• SaaS

ii. What do the above services (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) provide?

iii. How do the services, or how could the services, benefit your company? Provide 3 examples.

iv. What significant challenges exist regarding the use of these services? Provide 2 examples.

• How can these challenges be overcome by an organization? Provide 2 examples.

2. Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

• Current strategies for securing cloud computing services (Part II)

1. Address the following in 3pages:

i. What are 2-3 of the most effective access controls and techniques?

• What do you recommend to help secure the cloud for your chosen company?

ii. What are the best methods for securing data at rest (DAR) and data in motion (DIM)?

• Be sure to cover what is recommended, and be sure to give your recommendations and why you are making those recommendations.

2. Reference all sources using APA style.

• Cloud computing policy development (Part III)

1. Write an additional 3 pages, adding another section to the Key Assignment, that addresses gaps in cloud security.

2. As part of this, include a 1-page sample policy that you would propose being implemented at your chosen company. Also, include recommendations for performing a risk assessment that could help identify the security gaps in cloud computing

• Business impact analysis (Part IV)

1. Address the following:

i. Explain in detail the development of BIA for an organization considering cloud computing services.

ii. Describe and discuss the methods and techniques to secure data at rest (DAR) and data in motion (DIM).

• What challenges exist, and how can they be overcome? Explain.

2. Include a properly updated title page, table of contents, and document name.

3. You must include a minimum of 3 scholarly references per section.

• Cloud computing frameworks, laws, and regulations (Part V)

1. Principles and practice:

2. Analyze the impact of 2 laws and regulations on organizations considering the use of cloud computing services (this is a new section this week).

3. Analyze 2 frameworks that can assist organizations in meeting regulatory compliance in the cloud (this is a new section for this phase).

4. Include a properly updated title page, table of contents, and document name.

5. Use a minimum of 3 scholarly references per section