What is meant by cloud security?

Cloud security, also known as cloud computing security, is the practice of protecting cloud-based data, applications and infrastructure from cyber attacks and cyber threats. Cybersecurity, of which cloud security is a subset, has the same goals.

Cybersecurity, of which cloud security is a subset, has the same goals. Where cloud security differs from traditional cybersecurity is in the fact that administrators must secure assets that reside within a third-party service provider’s infrastructure.