The battle between compliance and the cloud
March 13, 2014
Grazec from InformationAge. Author: Ben Rossi.
The beauty of the cloud is that it seeks to enable a business to become more agile, efficient and competitive, yet compliance seeks to restrain it. And this is what is preventing some businesses from making the most of the cloud. Recent research from NTT Com Security revealed businesses across the globe are wary of the using the cloud. A worrying 86% admitted that issues around data protection, legislation and regulation are responsible for cloud computing being adopted more slowly than they would like.
You only have to look at the publicity surrounding the NSA and PRISM revelations and compliance, data sovereignty laws and regulation requirements from authorities like the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). With these increasingly complicated data laws, it’s becoming something of a minefield for businesses looking to embrace, or experiment with, the cloud…
The role of compliance
We use compliance to improve business and corporate governance and it’s important, considering what has happened in the last few years. It also helps improve approaches to risk management, enabling businesses to understand risks of using the cloud and what processes and measures they have in place to protect themselves…
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