Enterprise Cloud security: What are the risks and what you can do about them?
September 20, 2013
Grazed from TheNextWeb. Author: Rich Quick.
In the third instalment of TNW’s enterprise cloud computing series, we take a look at security in the Cloud. Jeff Bezos, Amazon CEO, may have once claimed he’d never lost sleep over cloud security, as users just needed to choose harder passwords, but security is still the biggest roadblock to enterprise cloud adoption, with 30% of corporate IT decision makers saying it’s their biggest pain point, according to a recent survey by 415 Research. But what are the biggest risks to your enterprise’s security as cloud adoption increases?
Departments moving to the Cloud without involving IT
Despite all the technical security risks of cloud computing, the biggest risks are often human factors. IT departments are understandably cautious about moving mission-critical applications to the Cloud, due to fears about security, downtime and control. However, other departments in the same company may already be signing up to cloud services, without even involving the IT department…
Just 34% of business leaders involved IT in the decision-making process when choosing a cloud-based service, while even fewer (29%) involved IT while deploying the service. This presents a genuine risk for enterprises, as it makes it unlikely security audits have been conducted, or safeguards put in place…
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