Cloud computing is one of the most widely adopted IT trends of recent years. Flexible, low-cost and easily scalable IT, many businesses are relying more and more heavily on cloud-based applications, storage and security. The big issue is of confidence remains a barrier to adoption for many businesses, and significant questions remain unaddressed around key issues affecting this, one of the key being that of security.
The cloud security debate rages on fiercely is the fact that issues or breaches have the potential to be catastrophic – to the extent where they transcend business departments to become a major business issue.
But the issue of cloud security is not necessarily as hugely complex as some assert. One of the basic premises for cloud security is the fact that securing the cloud itself is an almost impossible task due to the numbers of providers involved and the level of sharing that is inherent with many cloud-based services.
The fact is that by the time data has reached the cloud, it’s normally too late. The potential for data getting in to the wrong hands starts from the moment it leaves an organisation, and it’s therefore at this boundary point between the organisation and its external environment that security has to be the key priority for those looking to use cloud-based services.
The key priority for improving security of cloud computing lies in the routes between a business and the cloud, not the cloud itself. LiveEnsure is the affordable, accessible, authentication layer for that.
Addressing the security of a company’s specific cloud entry and exit points is the best – and simplest – way to get a grip on the potential issues involved to enable businesses to take advantage of all that the cloud has to offer.
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