Five Steps to Creating a Governance Framework for Cloud Security

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 08:15:00 EST

Cloud computing has revolutionized the way organizations around the world use technology. Despite the fact that many refer to 2011 as the Year of the Data Breach, and cloud computing has earned a reputation of being inherently insecure, that stigma is simply just not true. Most cloud providers have much higher security measures for their systems than even the most sophisticated IT departments can afford to deploy. The perceived lack of security comes from the mismatch between on-premise security assumptions and the expanded needs driven by the use of cloud. Cloud computing is a significant technology trend that is set to dramatically change the nature of business. We have witnessed a recent spate of high-profile security attacks and data security breaches – from Amazon to Epsilon – and as worrisome as these incidents are, they are not as worrisome as the reputation of cloud computing being insecure. In fact, cloud computing seems to have become a scapegoat for failed security measures. On closer examination of some larger incidents, it’s clear that many data breaches are a result of inadequate cloud security practices.

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Five Steps to Creating a Governance Framework for Cloud Security