Determining a company’s cloud needs requires just as much planning and analysis as determining the needs of an in-house network. While a variety of cloud assessment and migration frameworks exist, most can be broken into five categories: gathering requirements, assessment, design, implementation, and operations/management.
Write a 1- to 2-page analysis on conducting a cloud assessment. Provide a scenario and consider this week’s readings, labs, and outside resources in your analysis. In your scenario, when might the company choose to conduct a security assessment as part of the cloud assessment?