The cloud provider's role

The chances are that you are leveraging at least one cloud service provider to support your IoT services. Cloud SLAs are extremely important in your incident response plan; unfortunately, cloud SLA objectives and contents are not well streamlined across the industry. In other words, be aware that some CSPs may not provide adequate IR support when it's most needed.

The Cloud Security Alliance's Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing V3.0 (https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/guidance/csaguide.v3.0.pdf, section 9.3.1) states that the following aspects of IR should be addressed in your cloud provider's SLA:

  • Points of contact, communication channels, and availability of IR teams for each party ...

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