Acronym for Infrastructure as a Service—cloud-delivered computing infrastructure.
IaaS stands for Infrastructure as a Service. See 'Infrastructure as a Service' for the full definition. IaaS requires customers to manage security of their workloads while the provider secures underlying infrastructure.
Why It Matters
The DSC Perspective:
Understanding the IaaS shared responsibility model is essential—cloud providers don't automatically make your workloads secure. You must configure and secure virtual machines, networks, and data.