Cloud computing: How secure is it?

HP talks about ‘Everything-as-a Service’, Bloor cautions ‘buyer beware’, IT vendors extol its benefits and service providers promise to deliver the dream.

This fully-referenced, new format Short White Paper updates our 2010 analysis and examines the fine print - especially implications for IT security and compliance - vital to making an informed choice about cloud computing.

• Managing commercial covenants and regulatory compliance in the cloud
• Data security issues related to migrating business-critical applications to a 3rd party
• Corporate consequences of various data breach scenarios
• Crucial aspects of cloud services agreements, such as the right to security audits
• Who bears the real and reputational costs in the event of a serious data breach.

Key terms and topics addressed:

• Outsourcing compliance monitoring, data assurance and evidential records
• Data security, data breach protection and safeguarding Critical Digital Assets
• Detecting malicious activity in multi-tenant environments, information assurance
• Governance, risk mitigation, compliance monitoring and data breach protecting
• PCI DSS, ISO 27001/2 and customised compliance monitoring, risk mitigation.

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