According to the Spring 2014 Alert Logic Cloud Security Report, both on-premise and cloud hosting providers (CHP) saw a dramatic increase in vulnerability scans from 2012 to 2013, with CHP having a slightly greater increase. Once again, this myth simplifies a very complicated issue. “There are now tools and capabilities that allow IT to enable cloud securely in any number of environments specific to unique requirements’ needs thanks to the ubiquitous nature of APIs.” 3: There are more breaches in the cloud “It’s not a ‘yes or no’ or ‘allow or block’world,” said Sanjay Beri ( CEO and founder, Netskope. The cloud doesn’t need to be seen as a binary decision. “The cloud is less secure” argument discounts the many variables that go into making the cloud deployment decision, such as your organization’s size, existing in-house expertise, who your adversaries are, whether you need to do penetration testing for each deployment, and your organization’s need to scale. “The biggest myth is that the question is even that simple,” argued Scott Feuless ( principal consultant, ISG. This is because of the economies of scale,” continued Ian Apperley ( writer and IT consultant, whatisitwellington. “Cloud computing boosts your security in a way that you will never be able to afford. “Cloud providers live, eat, and breathe network security while most other organizations don’t usually list it as one of their core competencies,” continued Leo Reiter ( CTO, Nimbix. “Cloud companies are beginning to spend at a scale of great magnitude that cannot be matched by a single organization,” said Brennan Burkhart ( partner, global salesforce practice lead, LiquidHub. “I think cloud providers like Microsoft are taking Herculean efforts to secure their environments in a way the average client could never do.”ĭozens of experts brought up this persistent myth, arguing that compared to your organization, cloud providers have greater expertise and more technical staff. “There is a natural perception to believe that things outside of my control are innately less secure,” said Tim McKellips ( manager of technical services, Softchoice. “We’re still dealing with the legions of server huggers who claim their data is safer on their own networks, where they can feel the cold embrace of the tin of their servers and watch the small blinking lights in their server rooms.” “The biggest myth, which refuses to die, is that your data is not safe in the cloud,” argued Orlando Scott-Cowley ( cyber-security specialist, Mimecast. What are the cloud security myths that keep circulating and what are their realities? Here’s what industry experts had to say: 1: The cloud is inherently insecure
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Unfortunately, confusion on its effective use has given rise to a series of industry myths, often imbuing fear in many CIOs. The cloud might have been hype four years ago, though today it’s a necessary business driver. Universally everyone responded, “The cloud.” Back in 2011, while reporting at the annual information security RSA Conference held in San Francisco, I asked attendees, “What’s the most over-hyped issue in security?”
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