Cloud Shared Responsibility Stack¶
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About This MicroSim¶
The canonical shared responsibility chart for cloud computing, but interactive. Five service models (On-Prem, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, FaaS) × eight layers (Networking → Data). Green = your responsibility; gray = the provider's. Hover any cell to see what the layer means and a concrete task at that layer.
Toggle Show Billing View to see a related but distinct dimension: who you actually pay line-item for vs. who has costs baked into a flat per-seat or per-call price.
Embedding This MicroSim¶
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Lesson Plan¶
Learning Objectives¶
By the end of this activity, students will be able to:
- Identify which party is responsible for each operational task under each model
- Compare the tradeoff each model makes (effort vs control)
- Distinguish responsibility from billing
- Match a real workload to the appropriate service model
Suggested Activities¶
- Task Sort (10 min) — For 10 tasks (patch kernel, classify data, replace switch, etc.), name the responsible party in each model
- Architecture Drill (15 min) — Pick three workloads; recommend a model for each and defend
References¶
- AWS Shared Responsibility Model — official documentation.