On-premises Security
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running and securing infrastructure in-house, rather than in the cloud
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tradeoffs
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full control and customization of the security posture, with a local IT team that can manage it — but a local team can be expensive and hard to staff, and security changes can take longer (new equipment, configuration, cost)
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distinguish from
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cloud-based security — centralized, generally lower cost (no dedicated hardware or data center to secure), with the third-party provider handling much of the burden; but attackers don't care where the data lives, they just want it
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