Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It

Is Cloud Computing Secure? Prove It: “Organizations need to take care to ensure that applications in the cloud are secure and compliant–and can be proven as such. Experts say the public cloud might not be suitable for some applications right now, but that providers will face increasing pressure to develop systems that can be used securely in a cloud computing environment.

The buzz around cloud computing is intense, but that buzz rarely addresses the question of whether cloud computing is safe—or whether you can prove that it’s safe.

‘Is cloud computing ready for prime time?’ asked Amy DeCarlo, principal analyst for managed IT services at Current Analysis. ‘I would say no. There’s not a lot of transparency; there’s not a lot of confidence.’ “

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