 Management 
Domain 13: Virtualization 
IS THREAT STILL RELEVANT? 
 
TOP THREAT RANKING
 
 
SERVICE MODEL 
 
IaaS 
PaaS 
SaaS 
RISK MATRIX 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Perceived Risk 
Actual Risk 
 
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CLOUD SECURITY ALLIANCE The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013 
3.0 Top Threat: Account or Service 
Traffic Hijacking 
Account or service hijacking is not new.  Attack methods such as phishing, 
fraud, and exploitation of software vulnerabilities s