It's an oft-repeated mantra: Organisations engaged in or investigating cloud computing in any of its many flavours are concerned about security. In fact, concerns about security, data privacy and data residency are often cited as inhibitors to cloud adoption. But are the concerns justified? Some security experts say visibility and control are the missing elements.
In a recent study of IT and business executives, CompTIA, the IT industry association, found that 50% of respondents cited greater reliance on internet-based applications like cloud computing and software-as-a-service (SaaS) as a driving factor in their cyber security concerns. But a number of cloud experts say that in many ways data in the cloud is more secure than in an on-premise installation - or at least rapidly becoming that way - especially for smaller organisations that don't have the resources to dedicate to security technology and expert staff.
Read the full article at: http://www.computerworlduk.com/advice/cloud-computing/3338819/cloud-security-is-all-about-visibility-and-control/
Internet security has always been a matter of concern for everybody and therefore computer savvy people try and test different ways out to make Internet environment safe and secure. With this thought in mind cloud service providers also work out ways to safeguard their clouds they have been managing for their clients from thefts like spamming and hacking.
ReplyDeleteMoreover, security threats are important to deal with because it would interrupt other organizations to choose for cloud services further.
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