The Top Two Cloud Computing Security Concerns of 2015

Grazed from CloudWedge.  Author: Sean Shado.

The most cited barrier to entry for cloud into the enterprise continues to be the security concerns involved with an infrastructure overhaul. Many IT decision makers are hesitating on making the switch to cloud as far as mission critical apps are concerned because of the unknown variables posed by cloud security risks. A KPMG report mentions that cloud security is still a top concern as IT executives look for ways to reduce costs.

The report mentions that 45% of respondents said data loss and data privacy were their top hesitations in regards to cloud implementations. What exactly are the biggest cloud computing security risks that will emerge in 2015?…


Data Safety

When data is lost, jobs are typically lost. When data is stolen, court cases could be filed and you may be required to submit a deposition or even testify in court.  That isn’t fun for any data center administrator. That’s the harsh truth in the IT world and you wouldn’t want it to happen to you. With that said, using a cloud solution to host company data may not sound like a good idea. After all, you are putting your data in the hands of another organization so how can you be so sure that they will do what they say they are going to do? The natural progression of organizations is to put non-mission critical services into the cloud first in order to get a feel for the way cloud works. If any sensitive data is hosted in the cloud, you should always encrypt your data just to be safe…

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