How To Secure Your Cloud Networks

Grazed from Business2Community.  Author: Robert Cordray.

As more and more of our digital lives are being stored on clouds, the security of these networks has come under more serious scrutiny. A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute revealed that of 4,000 businesses and IT managers worldwide that were surveyed, 80% plan to move or are already moving confidential information to cloud networks within the next two years. In fact, about half of respondents said they already do store such information on a cloud.

Even the federal government has implemented major efforts and funds to move its gigantic information systems to the cloud. In fact, with a $2 billion annual budget for cloud computing, the feds are perhaps becoming the largest cloud user in the world. However, with a recent report revealing major vulnerabilities in the NASA cloud network, it is evident that this shift needs to be done with great caution. Fortunately, other recent news shows a significant slowing in the federal government’s cloud computing initiative, which hopefully means agencies are taking great care to protect the sensitive information which is and will be stored in the cloud…


In the Cloud

Most people are storing and accessing information on the cloud daily, if not hourly. One report predicts that by 2017, 1.3 billion online users will subscribe to cloud services. Email, online banking, file sharing, photo websites and online shopping sites are all forms of cloud computing. The cloud does the heavy lifting so an individual’s personal computer or an organization’s data center doesn’t have to…

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