# On-Prem vs SaaS Information Security Compliance

DevFeed: [On-Prem vs SaaS Information Security Compliance](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/on-prem-vs-saas-information-security-compliance-29811.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://goteleport.com/blog/saas-vs-on-prem-security/>)

Author: taylor@goteleport.com (Taylor Wakefield)

Published: 2017-04-19T00:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Teleport](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/teleport.md>)

Topics: [on-prem](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/on-prem.md>), [Software as a service](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/saas.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Shared Responsibility Model](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/shared-responsibility-model.md>), [Architecture & Design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/architecture-design.md>)

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## AI overview

This follow-up article examines the security and compliance implications of offering SaaS applications on-premises. Using a representative SaaS security compliance questionnaire as a framework, it argues that vendors should provide operational management while customers provide the infrastructure, a model the article calls Private SaaS.

## Source excerpt

We review the Vendor Security Alliance's security questionnaire to look at the security