As discussed in chapter 2, among the many expected benefits from cloud computing are dynamic scalability, shorter development life cycles, reduction of IT CAPEX and the ability to outsource segments of an enterprise. However, as with any activity, risk is inherent to the cloud. It presents the very same issues found in the traditional IT world, but also introduces new threats and vulnerabilities that may be exaggerated due to the lack of physical visibility and the perceived loss of control over assets and information. Cloud risk includes: • Cloud computing aggregates many enterprises’ data into single files. • Large volumes of data stored in a single location may be valuable targets for theft. • A single unauthorized penetration may lead to the access of multiple enterprises’ data. • Many enterprises’ information environments are transitioning to combinations of traditional physical systems coupled to the cloud computing platform.
The cloud brings some new threats that may increase an enterprise’s overall risk posture, but as a general rule, it is still IT risk. What changes is the context. As enterprises make their way into cloud services, it will be critical that their IT leadership examine their risk from different perspectives. It is important for IT leaders to identify and assess both traditional and new risk and convey their assessments to their enterprise’s decision makers prior to entering into a cloud computing application.
Beginning in 2008, many global economies entered a significant economic recession. In response, enterprises slowed their discretionary spending, resulting in a decrease in IT investments.
Businesses Are Ready for the Cloud
As enterprises continue to search for ways to reduce expenses, the cloud offers the opportunity to innovate in IT while saving on routinely incurred costs, yet this is not without risk.
Some analysts have indicated that unless an enterprise is comfortable with the level of risk it will assume by moving to cloud computing services, it should not consider moving critical applications and sensitive data to cloud environments. While this conservative statement may sound prudent and reasonable, a better approach is to consider the risk relative to the inherent risk in a given situation. This approach can help the enterprise to determine whether the business is ready for the cloud and whether the cloud is ready for the business.
As discussed in chapter 2, among the many expected benefits from cloud computing are dynamic scalability, shorter development life cycles, reduction of IT CAPEX and the ability to outsource segments of an enterprise. However, as with any activity, risk is inherent to the cloud. It presents the very same issues found in the traditional IT world, but also introduces new threats and vulnerabilities that may be exaggerated due to the lack of physical visibility and the perceived loss of control over assets and information. Cloud risk includes: • Cloud computing aggregates many enterprises’ data into single files. • Large volumes of data stored in a single location may be valuable targets for theft. • A single unauthorized penetration may lead to the access of multiple enterprises’ data. • Many enterprises’ information environments are transitioning to combinations of traditional physical systems coupled to the cloud computing platform.
The cloud brings some new threats that may increase an enterprise’s overall risk posture, but as a general rule, it is still IT risk. What changes is the context. As enterprises make their way into cloud services, it will be critical that their IT leadership examine their risk from different perspectives. It is important for IT leaders to identify and assess both traditional and new risk and convey their assessments to their enterprise’s decision makers prior to entering into a cloud computing application.
Beginning in 2008, many global economies entered a significant economic recession. In response, enterprises slowed their discretionary spending, resulting in a decrease in IT investments.
Businesses Are Ready for the Cloud
As enterprises continue to search for ways to reduce expenses, the cloud offers the opportunity to innovate in IT while saving on routinely incurred costs, yet this is not without risk.
Some analysts have indicated that unless an enterprise is comfortable with the level of risk it will assume by moving to cloud computing services, it should not consider moving critical applications and sensitive data to cloud environments. While this conservative statement may sound prudent and reasonable, a better approach is to consider the risk relative to the inherent risk in a given situation. This approach can help the enterprise to determine whether the business is ready for the cloud and whether the cloud is ready for the business.
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