Transparency, not security, is biggest cloud challenge, says Verizon
June 3, 2013
Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Warwick Ashford.
Transparency is the biggest challenge in moving to cloud computing, not security, according to Gavan Egan, vice-president of sales at Verizon Terremark Europe. “Most big organisations do not see security as a challenge because serious cloud providers understand security and security infrastructure,” he told Computer Weekly. Verizon, which has a long-established security tradition, encrypts all data in its cloud environment and ensures that none of its employees have access to the data. All staff are also screened.
Egan, who formerly headed Verizon’s security services business in Europe, sees transparency as a far bigger issue for organisations making the transition to cloud. “IT departments not only have to ensure that cloud deployments comply with external and internal regulations, but they need to be able to prove that compliance to auditors and regulators,” he said…
As part of Verizon’s strategy to grow its cloud business, the company is geared to help customers with potential hurdles, such as data classification, risk management and regulatory compliance. For European organisations, Verizon is able to guarantee that data will not leave its datacentres within the EU, located in the Netherlands and the UK…
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