Cloud Computing: Security as a Service – Evolutionary or revolutionary?
March 6, 2014
Grazed InformationWeek. Author: Vikram Jain.
Cloud computing represents one of the most substantial shifts in the IT industry. This is reaching to the point where computing functions as a utility, encouraging innovations still unimagined. Yet the major roadblock to the adoption of cloud has been concerns regarding the security, compliance and privacy of information. Information security is always a priority for any enterprise—whether large or small.
Enterprises need to meet compliance requirements and protect sensitive data or information assets of workforce inside or outside the organization. Additionally, they also need to keep investment and operational costs controlled. According to Gartner, cloud-based security services market will rise to USD 3.1 billion by 2015…
Gartner also predicts that the top three most sought-after cloud services moving forward will remain – e-mail security, web security services and identity and access management (IAM). However in 2013 and 2014, the highest growth is forecast to occur in cloud-based tokenization and encryption, security information and event management (SIEM), vulnerability assessment and web application firewalls…
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