Identify impacts of compliance in the cloud

- [Instructor] Next, let's discuss compliance measures used within a cloud environment and why it is so important to consider. What is compliance? Compliance is generally described as a set of rules, laws, or governance that sets a bar and when you need to meet or exceed them, you would be considered compliant. If you did not meet the standard, you would be considered non-compliant. Being non-compliant can lead to problems legally and monetarily as well. When using a top-tier cloud provider, you can expand your business globally in minutes. Because of this, you need to ensure that you meet compliance needs of other countries and understand their standards and regulatory requirements. Data sovereignty is another important compliance topic and ensures that certain data is never sent or transmitted outside the country of origin. Data sovereignty is important to organizations that want to secure the data in making sure they…