What is shared responsibility model (SRM) in cloud computing?
Shared Responsibility Model (SRM) is a model that establishes the responsibilities cloud service customers and cloud service providers (SRM) share. Due to the rapid proliferation of cloud computing platforms, who controls what has become prominent contractual issue when parties enter into service level agreements (SLAs).
Collaborating organizations should clearly specify their respective responsibilities when adopting cloud services. The SRM model is helpful in depicting the shared responsibilities of customers and CSP in the entire cloud stack starting from the physical infrastructure until the application layer. Moreover, the model clearly specifies cloud security requirements the two parties must achieve to protect the data.