As one of the hottest trends going in the information/computing world, how do
the requirements for cloud security relate to the security concerns that
enterprises have been addressing prior to the uptick in cloud computing?
While the cloud is a relatively new area for concern, improved security has
been a hot button for organizations of all size for well over a decade.
The cloud continues to evolve with various services and models including
externally hosted public cloud services such as Amazon, independently hosted
cloud services by an enterprise or third party that are either outside the
firewall or inside the firewall (private cloud services), and a hybrid of
private/internal and public/external models. On the surface, the different
models might appear to have different privacy, access control and data
protection issues. However, compliance issues and business dat... (more)