Explain the shared responsibility model. What's the customer responsible for with a managed database?

Summary

The provider secures the cloud itself (facilities, hardware, hypervisor, and for managed services the OS and engine patching); the customer secures what they put in it. For a managed database the customer owns network access rules, IAM and database users, encryption choices, backup retention settings, schema and data, and how applications connect.

Longer Answer

Most cloud incidents are on the customer side: public storage, leaked keys, over-privileged roles, unpatched VMs. The line moves up as you use more managed services, but identity and data are always yours.

Key Points

• Provider: security of the cloud.
• Customer: security in the cloud.
• Managed DB: you own access, data, config.
• Identity and data are always yours.

Deep dive: Cloud Computing Tutorial: The Shared Responsibility Model

What interviewers look for

Concrete examples for a managed service, not just the slogan.