Avoid the Seven Deadly Sins of Cloud Computing
February 22, 2013
Grazed from InfoSecurity. Author: Steve Durbin.
The benefits of cloud computing services are now well established; however, uncertainty still surrounds several of the inherent risks. The ISF’s Steve Durbin examines what organizations can do to realize the benefits of the cloud, while avoiding the information security bear-traps that exist
According to a recent report from the Cloud Security Alliance and ISACA, which examined enterprises’ attitudes toward cloud computing, the market has reached a new level of maturity at which enterprises can benefit greatly from adopting cloud infrastructure, platform or software service offerings. Nevertheless, issues around regulations, international data privacy and exit strategies top the list of concerns that undermine confidence in cloud computing…
The CSA/ISACA survey also found that CIOs and IT managers understand the cloud best and are the most involved in driving cloud innovation and decision making within their organizations. Unfortunately, this limits the potential for growth and innovation by perpetuating the view of cloud computing as a technical solution and not a business enabler…
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