Introduction

You should worry about the risks of cloud computing. But don’t get too scared. With a few simple steps you can easily get a basic understanding of your risks in the cloud and even have a good start in managing these risks. If you are a large corporation in a regulated industry, a cloud risk […]

The most important challenge businesses encounter when it comes to adopting the cloud isn’t security. Yes, security is important; and it’s certainly true that cloud computing introduces new risks, but almost all risks can be adequately catered for. However, that doesn’t happen all the time, and that’s when expensive errors occur. Recently, I heard from […]

Procurement departments often have an issue with one of the intrinsic characteristics of cloud computing, which is that the provider defines the service. It is not the consumers that define the service, though they may be able to configure it. Is this good or bad? A procurement department is used to managing service risk by […]

A couple of weeks ago I attended the SecureCloud conference in Amsterdam, organized by the Cloud Security Alliance and its partners. As always with CSA conferences, it was packed with solid material: real world experience, actionable advice, very senior government officials, top analysts, interesting panels, and the usual walkway gossip. One of the most thought […]