Your organization has entered into an agreement with a third-party vendor for cloud storage services. As part of the due-diligence process, it is important to assess the security responsibilities assigned to the vendor. Which document should you review to understand the security tasks that the vendor is obligated to perform?
A responsibility matrix-sometimes called a customer or shared responsibility matrix-lists each security control and specifies whether the cloud service provider or the customer is responsible for implementing and maintaining it. Reviewing this matrix (often embedded in the SLA or an attachment to it) allows the client to verify who handles patching, incident response, access management, and other controls so that no gaps or overlaps exist.
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