: Information Management 
and Data Security 
Domain 6: Interoperability and 
Portability 
Domain 9: Incident Response 
Domain 10: Application Security 
Domain 11: Encryption and Key 
Management 
Domain 12: Identity, Entitlement, 
and Access Management 
 
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CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013 
5.0 Top Threat: Denial of Service 
Simply put, denial-of-service attacks are attacks meant to prevent users of a