Security benefits of a good cloud service
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Moving to the cloud requires planning and good configuration to fully realise the business and security benefits.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 10
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-16
- Category
- Information security
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Moving to the cloud requires planning and good configuration to fully realise the business and security benefits for organisational planning, review and training. NCSC guidance is advisory and should be applied to the organisation's own risks and obligations.
Contents
- Introduction
- Note on audience:
- Terminology
- Automation
- Availability zone (AZ)
- Cloud
- Cloud provider
- Cloud service
- Guardrails
- Infrastructure-as-code
- Outcome 1: Self-service with guardrails
- How to maximise the benefit
- Outcome 2: Automated service management
- Outcome 3: Programmable orchestration
- Outcome 4: Consistent test environments
- Outcome 5: Encouraging good security
- Source links
Source and licence
National Cyber Security Centre
AttributionNational Cyber Security Centre, “Security benefits of a good cloud service” (13 November 2020), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesAdapted 16 September 2026: converted the official HTML article into neutral text-only DOCX and PDF editions. Preserved article headings, paragraphs, lists and plain-text source-link destinations; normalized web whitespace and typographic punctuation; omitted site navigation, topic and download cards, images, logos, scripts, styles and page furniture.
Version history
- v1.016/09/2026