Security in the public cloud is based on the concept of shared responsibility. The largest cloud service providers deliver a secure, hyperscale environment. It’s up to the customer to protect everything it puts into the cloud. The Big 3 tend to keep their internal processes and procedures close to the vest. Unlike budget-constrained enterprises, the cloud services providers seem to have unlimited resources. They have the technical expertise and, as Doug Cahill, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group, points out, Given their massive presence across the globe, all the availability zones, points of presence, dark fiber around the planet, they see an incredible volume of malicious activities.”]