Enterprise Customers in the Age of Clouds Want Security and Compliance

By: cloudcomputing.sys-con.com

What enterprises are looking for, regardless of in the cloud or on-premise, are control and transparency on their data, applications and identities. Enterprise customers always need to make sure they are compliant with whatever regulations/mandates they are responsible for.

Ever since RSA 2009 started, there’s been a ton of conversations spun up around the topic of security and compliance in the cloud. First, there were ~20 sessions on cloud security and compliance. I was on one of the panels that focused on cloud security and whether the cloud is secure enough for the enterprises. (Great discussions there and huge thanks to Asheem Chandna of Greylock for organizing it.) Then Cloud Security Alliance released its Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing (my initial comments.) And now there’s a VERY active discussion on the Cloud Computing Group mailing list on this very topic:……[read entire article]