Cloud is the New Security Perimeter
The rise of cloud computing is undeniable and unstoppable, information security professionals have to accept resistance to cloud is futile. The Cisco 2014 Annual Security Report , projects cloud network traffic will grow more than threefold by 2017, with businesses executives eyeing up cloud as the silver bullet in eliminating expensive IT hardware. This cost saving elixir means cloud solutions are often quickly steamrollered in by business, leaving information security playing second fiddle. InfoSec Resistance to Cloud is Futile More and more confidential information is moving towards the cloud, and if Cisco’s projection is correct, we can expect, if not already, vast volumes of information processed and stored by business to be typically cloud based. This data moving trend is the most radical change in information security since the dawn of the commercial Internet, and presents a major shift of the security perimeter. Blindly trusting cloud service providers to deliver a level o...