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Explain the shared responsibility model on AWS.
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Shared responsibility
For Explain the shared responsibility model on AWS., interviewers listen for a crisp definition, how the pieces interact in a real system, and one trade-off or failure mode you have seen or would guard against.
| Layer | Cloud | You |
|---|---|---|
| IaaS | Physical, hypervisor | OS patch, app, data, SG rules |
| PaaS | + platform runtime | Code, secrets, IAM |
| SaaS | Service uptime | Access control, data classification |
Security is never fully outsourced—IAM and encryption are always yours.