How to create an effective cloud security strategy
May 2, 2014
Grazed from ITProportal. Author: Jes Breslaw.
Cloud technology has started to reach its maturation point – it’s a major part of almost every IT strategy, and is used across all industries all over the world. Gartner predicts that the bulk of new IT spending by 2016 will be for cloud computing platforms and applications, with nearly half of large enterprises having cloud deployments by the end of 2017.
Why is cloud so important? It’s because each and every one of us wants to start using our mobile devices for business, as seamlessly as we do in our personal lives. This ability to work from anywhere is enabled by the convergence of cloud and mobile technology, so that we have constant access to the content we need…
One of the biggest concerns companies have around cloud technologies is the security of their digital content. Companies manage sensitive data, ranging from product plans to employee personnel files, all of which need to be secure. Thus, it’s important for companies to map out a specific cloud security strategy before storing and sharing their business data via cloud solutions. There are five key areas that are crucial to consider:…
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