Securing The Cloud: Questions and Answers

While cloud computing is easily one of the biggest trends of the moment, a survey from the Institute of Business Value found, perhaps not surprisingly, that when asked about cloud computing, 77 percent of respondents believe that adopting cloud computing makes protecting privacy more difficult; 50 percent are concerned about a data breach or loss; and 23 percent indicate that weakening of corporate network security is a concern.

Cloud presents a new consumption and delivery model that allows users to rapidly deploy resources, which can easily scaled up and down, with processes, applications, and services provisioned on demand. Cloud infrastructures and platforms present considerable advantages as users increasingly want to access applications on tablets and increasingly pervasive devices.

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