How to avoid security issues in cloud computing
July 19, 2015
Grazed from TechTarget. Author: Steve Weissman.
A recent piece I wrote on the outsourcing considerations for software as a service (SaaS) and cloud services has sparked some interesting conversation, especially in the realm of security issues in cloud computing. Yet, most of this discussion hasn’t touched what I see to be one of the biggest areas of possible vulnerability: avoidable gaps that open as departmental initiatives weaken the enterprise imperative.
Sure, access control, encryption and policy ramifications and the like are all critical — but what happens when business units are given (or assume) the right and ability to do their own thing? Nothing good, I can tell you…
A new twist on an old tale
The push/pull between departments and the enterprise is an age-old dynamic — ask anyone who’s been the victim (or victor) of a corporate political war. On the technology front, however, it’s now easier than ever to make trouble since electronic technology is so much more accessible than it ever has been…
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