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Cloud security defined for firms
Category: Data management
25 March, 2009
Cloud security has become one of the buzzwords for IT providers in recent months; however, little has so far been done to define the term.Tony Lock, of FreeformDynamics, wrote in an article for the Register that the process of cloud security can be broken down into how secure a firm requires its data to be. For example, information of a confidential nature should be encrypted, while that which is accessed frequently should be hosted on multiple servers.
He noted that the benefits of employing this form of data security include the ability to update whole systems at once in terms of anti-virus software or backup systems.
Furthermore, cloud security enables a business to improve data availability by hosting information via a virtual server - which is not limited by hard drive space or location.
Meanwhile, the Deccan Herald recently reported that more firms are now taking the problem of data security more seriously.
It noted that companies have begun setting up key performance indicators for maintaining information security, while also integrating security responsibilities into job definitions.
