IT Security is Cloud Centric

Grazed from CIOZone. Author: Editorial Staff.

For IT security, Gartner analysts are predicting that 2013 is going to be about expansion of cloud computing and the struggle by the enterprise to achieve appropriate security for it. According to Gartner, by 2015, 10% of overall IT security enterprise capabilities will be delivered in the cloud. Is BYOD part of the problem or part of the Plan? What forces will shape and drive embedded cloud security managed services?

IT managers are balancing security and support concerns with the very real potential to reap significant cost and productivity benefits from trends such as BYOD. Research has shown that BYOD is just the gateway to greater business benefits…

Over three-fourths (76%) of IT leaders surveyed categorized BYOD as somewhat or extremely positive for their companies, while seeing significant challenges for IT. These findings reinforce that BYOD is no passing fad and is here to stay. Many it managers are acknowledging the need for a more holistic approach to managing BYOD.

This includes one that is scalable and addresses mobility, security, virtualization and network policy management, in order to keep management costs in line while simultaneously providing optimal experiences where savings can be realized. CIOs have concluded that mobility needs to extend well beyond BYOD to include the integration of service provider mobility, enterprise mobility, security, collaboration and desktop virtualization solutions…

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