Cloud Computing Faces Rising Threats
May 3, 2014
Grazed from Elastica. Author: Editorial Staff.
The cloud computing security landscape is complex with its constant movement of data between devices, networks, and the cloud. The cloud provides great opportunities to attackers, results in shadow IT, and places an ever greater security burden on endpoints. Today, businesses use the cloud not just to host applications, but also to manage and analyze data.
As the cloud becomes increasingly popular with small and large businesses, ever more valuable and critical data is moved to it. Cloud security has been in the news over the last week with a new report out on it…
Growing popularity has been accompanied by rising number of attacks. The cloud is an attractive target for attackers since it hosts data from several parties. A breach could potentially expose sensitive data from every one of its customers. The growing sophistication among attackers combined with the increasing complexity of threats further compounds the problem…
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