Security, like privacy, is now an even a bigger issue in the technology space. As migration to cloud services becomes imminent, enterprises are asking: How secure is my data in a cloud environment? Who is responsible for security and control in off-premise solutions?
Talks around cloud are passing beyond the stage of curiosity and fast approaching disillusionment as companies realize that cloud computing is neither simple nor easy as vendors make it out to be.
Cloud computing is believed to allow computing capacity and capability to be added almost instantly, with no need to physically invest in new infrastructure or increase headcount. This is possible, but there are important policy and governance issues that must be understood for cloud to deliver on those promises.
