Cloud Services Standards and Regulatory Compliance

Cloud services providers have historically sought to ensure that their cloud systems adhere to industry standards and are compliant with mainstream regulatory regimes.

Create an initial post in which you explain why and how commercial cloud services providers such as Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure embed standards and regulatory compliance into their cloud operations. In your view, which compliance aspects have been the most problematic for cloud services providers to deal with?

Requirements

Target grade A or B

350 (minimum) - 500 words

Good English academic grammar / writing

Minimum two peer reviewed reference

Minimal Plagiarism and no copy / paste from Microsoft or any other page