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# Cloud services

Functional responsibilities and non-responsibilities.

Explains what cloud services do and what they never do.

### Responsibilities

Cloud services provide:

* Secure ingestion of inspection events
* Long-term storage
* Aggregated analytics
* Fleet-level visibility
* Dashboard access

### Boundaries

Cloud services do not:

* Execute real-time inspection logic
* Control production equipment
* Gate or block factory operations

### Next steps

* [Deployment overview](/docs/intelfactor-ai/architecture-and-data/deployment-overview.md)
* [Security model](/docs/intelfactor-ai/operations-and-security/security-model.md)
* [Monitoring](/docs/intelfactor-ai/operations-and-security/monitoring.md)