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Confronting Cloud Computing Security Concerns
Are security concerns putting a damper on the enthusiastic acceptance of cloud computing?
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Are security concerns putting a damper on the enthusiastic acceptance of cloud computing?
Hopefully not – it appears that cloud computing is a solution that has arrived on the scene just in time. IT infrastructures, whether in the government, academia or the enterprise, are beginning to fray badly. A few warning signs: In distributed computing environments, up to 85% of computing capacity sits idle. Also, IT is spending about 70% of its operating funds maintaining current infrastructures as opposed to adding new capabilities.
Cloud computing offers a new, more efficient, and economically attractive model – it’s undoubtedly the next step in the evolution of the data center.
Here’s just a few of the reasons why:
- It provides access to computing and data resources from a cloud of on-line resources on a utility, pay-for usage basis
- You have a wide range of choices – ranging from augmenting your existing IT infrastructure when you need excess capacity to meeting all your computational and storage requirements in the cloud
- Users get their work done faster and only pay for the computing and storage resources they use
- Avoid over-capacity/under utilization and associated long term fixed cost lock-in with potential technology obsolescence
- Avoid or delay commitment to permanent infrastructure or data center upgrades
Despite the cloud’s advantages, concerns about security are not going away. And this could effectively blunt the widespread adoption of cloud computing.
| To learn more about cloud computing and security, attend the free IBM Webinar: Confronting HPC Cloud Computing Security Concerns October 1, 11:00am ET. Click here for more information or to register for the event. |
Cloud Security – Not an Easy Task
IT mangers and security professionals who participated in a new study by the Ponemon Institute indicated that cybercrime and outsourcing were their top security concerns. The survey found that 50% of the IT operations professionals viewed outsourcing as a major risk. More than 75% of the security professionals identified cybercrime as a leading concern.
Consumer technology, along with Web 2.0 and social networking, are moving into the workplace. This makes IT environments increasingly susceptible to security breaches from both within and without. Cloud computing adds another layer of complexity to the mix.
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