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In which cloud service model does the customer control the operating system but not the physical hardware?

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  1. IaaS
  2. SaaS
  3. PaaS

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References

  1. NIST SP 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.
  2. NIST SP 800-145, The NIST Definition of Cloud Computing nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-145.pdf Checked 2026-10-10.
  3. Microsoft Learn: Shared responsibility in the cloud learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/security/fundamentals/shared-responsibility Checked 2026-10-10.

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