Cloud security ‘better than in-house security’
October 16, 2012
Grazed from BCS. Author: Editorial Staff.
Security is one of the main factors preventing companies from switching to cloud computing, particularly cloud storage, as they are worried about how well protected their data will be. But according to Google’s enterprise director of security, the cloud is probably a lot more secure than the in-house systems most firms are currently using.
Speaking to ZDNet, Eran Feigenbaum acknowledged that the exact level of security provided would largely depend on the type of organisation in question and who the cloud service provider was. However, he insisted that in most cases greater security would be offered in the cloud…
He did, however, point out that no company, whether they are using cloud computing or in-house systems, is immune to an attack or data breach…
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