Security from the Cloud: More Risky?
August 21, 2014
Grazed from MSPMentor. Author: Editorial Staff.
A common objection encountered by MSPs who deliver IT security services that are hosted "in the cloud" is the perception that somehow these services are more risky than on-premise solutions. For example, in multiple Gartner surveys, security is cited as the No. 1 inhibitor to the adoption of cloud-based computing.
Many IT professionals have a preconceived notion that cloud computing will be less secure than what they can deliver themselves on premises. In a recent PerspecSys survey of 130 IT security professionals, 66 percent said they still view the cloud as more difficult to secure than on-premise options…
On-premise customers own and manage their own IT infrastructure, whereas an MSP uses infrastructure-as-a-service solutions from a service provider such as Amazon EC2 or Azure, or managed or dedicated hosted environments…
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