Companies avoid cloud due to lack of security skills
August 8, 2013
Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Chris Saran.
Businesses are being deterred from taking up cloud services due to a lack of security skills. A Quocirca study for CA Technologies found IT security spending was higher among companies that said they were enthusiastic about cloud computing services.
Bob Tarzey, analyst and director, Quocirca, said: “Cloud services [focus] the need for IT security.” The survey highlighted security and IT readiness among companies that had a negative attitude towards cloud computing. Almost two-thirds of these companies believed they lacked the skills and 72% said they lacked the resources required to secure their cloud services…
Tarzey added: “Companies that have a negative perception of cloud services are being held back by concerns about the lack of skills and resources needed to secure such services…
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