Gartner: Long hard climb to high level of cloud computing security
Cloud service providers need to be clearer about business continuity and disaster-recovery practices
It's still a long,
hard climb to get to a high level of security in cloud computing,
according to Gartner research vice president Jay Heiser,
who said business and government organisations with sensitive data
appear likely to hold back from cloud-based services until things
improve.
"Finance tends to be more conservative about cloud computing than small business," said Heiser in his online presentation to Gartner clientele yesterday.
In "Prepare for and Minimize the Security Risk of Cloud Computing," Heiser expressed the view that it's somewhat simpler to establish a security baseline when using infrastructure-as-service (IaaS) than it is for software-as-service (SaaS) if only because there's more flexibility and less dependence on the competence of the service provider.
But overall, cloud service providers aren't as clear as they should
be concerning matters such as their business continuity and
disaster-recovery practices, making it hard to win customer confidence.
"Finance tends to be more conservative about cloud computing than small business," said Heiser in his online presentation to Gartner clientele yesterday.
In "Prepare for and Minimize the Security Risk of Cloud Computing," Heiser expressed the view that it's somewhat simpler to establish a security baseline when using infrastructure-as-service (IaaS) than it is for software-as-service (SaaS) if only because there's more flexibility and less dependence on the competence of the service provider.
