Security Trends in Cloud Computing Part 3: Retail sector
May 14, 2014
Graxed from Technet. Author: Adrienne Hall.
Previously in this series, we looked at cloud security trends in the financial services and healthcare sectors, based on survey data derived from Microsoft’s Cloud Security Readiness Tool (CSRT). Next I’d like to discuss some findings that relate to the retail industry. IT departments at retail businesses are expected to manage a number of important security tasks, some of which have evolved considerably in recent years.
This includes meeting regulatory requirements, such as Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) specifications on protecting customer data, without diminishing the shopping experience in stores or online. Retailers have also expanded their use of technology to manage supply chains, operate web services and self-service portals, and deploy customer relationship management (CRM) solutions that can address their customers’ needs…
Each of these trends can require adjustments to a retailer’s security operations. For many, the increasing complexity of managing IT security is a strong rationale for adopting cloud computing. A reputable cloud service provider (CSP) can help keep an organization’s business systems running efficiently while deploying safer, more secure computing practices…
Read more from the source @ http://blogs.technet.com/b/trustworthycomputing/archive/2014/05/13/security-trends-in-cloud-computing-part-3-retail-sector.aspx
Subscribe to the CloudCow bi-monthly newsletter @ http://eepurl.com/smZeb