As with most embryonic technologies, one of the prime concerns about cloud computing is security. Many companies have yet to commit to cloud computing because they are anxious about the security and privacy of their mission-critical information.
Over the last few years, cloud computing has grown into one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry. Its rapid growth, however, is mirrored by concerns about the safety of its environment in the light of the increasing amount of sensitive data on individuals and companies being placed into the ‘cloud.’
But are security issues about cloud computing justified?
You may not realise it but you have probably already been using cloud services for your personal computing needs, for example through apps, social or business networks, or communicating via Googlemail or Hotmail.
By moving your business computing requirements onto the internet (i.e. into the cloud) you need to weigh up the risk and threats versus opportunities. Security threats faced by businesses in the cloud are the same as those faced on any other computing platform, namely: hackers, insider threats, legal compliance, data loss, etc.
Cloud computing can help mitigate all of these problems as it enables improved security measures to be designed and built into the very structure of systems – at the data rather than the hardware level. This provides greater flexibility and security by allowing you to monitor events more closely.
In short, cloud computing does not simply provide solutions to meet security challenges but actually delivers a superior level of security. Many people therefore regard security not as an issue in cloud computing but an opportunity.
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