The key characteristic is on-demand self-service and not shelf" service.

Cloud provider acquisition comes under Policy and Organizational Risk and can be categorised as follows.
As in any new IT market, competitive pressure, an inadequate business strategy, lack of financial support, etc, could lead some providers to go out of business or at least to force them to restructure their service portfolio offering. In other words, it is possible that in the short or medium term some cloud computing services could be terminated.

The letters in STRIDE threat model represent Spoofing of identity, Tampering with data, Repudiation, Information disclosure, Denial of service, and Elevation of privilege. The other options are simply mixed up or incorrect versions of the same.