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From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey
From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey http://www.mimecast.com/events-press/press-releases/article/view/cloud-computing-delivering-on-its-promise-but-doubts-still-hold-back-adoption/462/
From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey http://www.mimecast.com/events-press/press-releases/article/view/cloud-computing-delivering-on-its-promise-but-doubts-still-hold-back-adoption/462/
From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey http://www.mimecast.com/events-press/press-releases/article/view/cloud-computing-delivering-on-its-promise-but-doubts-still-hold-back-adoption/462/
2010 Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging technologies
2010 Gartner Hype Cycle for emerging technologies
From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey http://www.mimecast.com/events-press/press-releases/article/view/cloud-computing-delivering-on-its-promise-but-doubts-still-hold-back-adoption/462/
From the Mimecast Cloud Adoption Survey http://www.mimecast.com/events-press/press-releases/article/view/cloud-computing-delivering-on-its-promise-but-doubts-still-hold-back-adoption/462/
Or being blocked
What’s the problem?
Standards are only just emerging
Buyer Beware- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptorUnder the doctrine of caveat emptor, the buyer could not recover from the seller for defects on the property that rendered the property unfit for ordinary purposes. The only exception was if the seller actively concealed latent defects or otherwise made material misrepresentations amounting to fraud.Before statutory law, the buyer had no warranty of the quality of goods. In many jurisdictions now, the law requires that goods must be of "merchantable quality". However, this implied warranty can be difficult to enforce and may not apply to all products. Hence, buyers are still advised to be cautious.
Which is why we in cloud feel like we’re being beaten up...
Security
Security is often presented as a binary object. It’s not.
It’s much more complex than that.
What is security?
Security is the management of risks
Define Acceptable risk
Step #6: Monitor Risks
Some People are unsure about Cloud Security
Probably because of the relative opacity of Cloud compared to the transparency of a private network and the control you can exert on it
The key is to understand your current risks- baseline them
“Quiscustodietipsoscustodes?”Who will guard the guards themselves?DecimusIuniusIuvenalis
Cloud can be a way to become a guard’s guard, instead of the guard
Reasons to go Cloud Security
Reason to go Cloud security #1 It’s their business- and their reputation depends on it
#2 Money - they are held financially responsible
Reason #3 Scale- Cloud platforms have scale that customers could never achieve on their own- protecting against large scale attacks
Reason #4 Specialised Skills- employ specific people to do specialised job. Cumulative effect of multiple customers
Cumulative effect of multiple customers
Best Practice embedded in organisation and distributed. Not dependent on one person
Not just about competence and budget- but focus. It’s all they do.
Cloud can be a way to become a guard’s guard, instead of the guard
Buyer Beware- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caveat_emptorUnder the doctrine of caveat emptor, the buyer could not recover from the seller for defects on the property that rendered the property unfit for ordinary purposes. The only exception was if the seller actively concealed latent defects or otherwise made material misrepresentations amounting to fraud.Before statutory law, the buyer had no warranty of the quality of goods. In many jurisdictions now, the law requires that goods must be of "merchantable quality". However, this implied warranty can be difficult to enforce and may not apply to all products. Hence, buyers are still advised to be cautious.
But make it proportional to risk- especially to CURRENT RISKS
