IT industry in vital need of cloud computing security standards
September 25, 2012
Grazed from V3.co.uk. Author: Rosalie Marshall.
The lack of industry-wide security standards is slowing business adoption of cloud services, according to cloud computing firm Mimecast. Speaking at the V3 Security Summit, Mimecast chief scientist Nathaniel Borenstein said often businesses will not move to the cloud if they are unsure about which providers to trust when it comes to security.
He renewed previous calls he has made for industry standards that will allow businesses to properly evaluate cloud providers. "All clouds are not created equally. The decision about who to trust is absolutely critical. There’s a lack of evaluators telling you who to trust," said Borenstein…
Borenstein said independent evaluations are slowly becoming more common place due to the introduction of the ISO 27001, although many cloud vendors have yet to sign up to such best practice standards. "What businesses are worried about is how to get the right cloud security. They can talk to other customers and exchange references but this is not entirely satisfactory," he added…
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