It’s all about the data. I have been involved in cloud computing since 1999 (although we called it multi-tenant hosting & ASP – application service provider) and for sixteen years security has consistently been the #1 concern when organizations are asked about their adoption of cloud models. The concern does not reside with the use of a storage array they have no access to or the utilization of a virtual machine cluster in some unknown data center, it’s all about the data and sensitive information.
Rethinking Data Security for the Public Cloud
For many, Cloud is a buzzword floating through cyber space. It is all too common to hear stories of data being compromised due to insecure Cloud hosting, spawning critical audit sweeps and apologetic corporations responding to upset customers—Yikes!