IBM Cloud provides security across its infrastructure, platform, and software services. It addresses key cloud security challenges by taking a holistic approach to manage access, protect data, and gain visibility. IBM Cloud has over 40 global data centers connected by a secure, high-speed network to provide elastic, fast, and self-service cloud resources across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions.

1. Security on IBM Cloud
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2. Cloud computing is hot and growing fast
What organizations like about
cloud computing:
 Elastic capacity
– Resource can be elastically provisioned
to quickly scale out and rapidly released
to quickly scale in
 Fast provisioning
– Automated provisioning /
deprovisioning of resources as needed
 Self-service requests
– User request services via a web portal
 Low cost, pay-as-you-go
– Users pay for what they use

3. Cloud Delivery Models
Bluemix
Infrastructure Services (IaaS) Development Services (PaaS) Business Applications (SaaS)
Securing infrastructure and workloads Secure service composition and apps Secure usage of business applications

4. What are the security challenges
cloud introduces?

5. Securing the cloud

6. Manage Access
Safeguard people, applications and
devices
Protect Data
Identify vulnerabilities and prevent
attacks
Gain Visibility
Monitor the cloud for security
breaches
SaaSPaaSIaaS
Unrestricted Access to
Cloud Services
Data and Applications
Outside Your Control
Damaging Security
Breaches
Securing cloud needs holistic approach to manage access,
protect data and gain visibility

8. Expansive network of IBM Cloud data centers
European RegionsNorth America Regions Asia Pacific Regions
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United Kingdom
Netherlands
Germany
France
Italy
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US East
US Central
US West
Canada
Mexico
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Japan
Australia
Singapore
Hong Kong
India
 Over 40 global cloud centers
 Open, secure, and scalable
 Secure, high-speed network
 Expert services and tools
 Secure integration to on-premise

9. Questions
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