Cloud Security Not Really Slowing IT Adoption

Grazed from CIO. Author: Bernard Golden.

I find cloud computing conference chatter, concerns and presentations an interesting phenomenon. For the past five years, the No. 1 concern cited about cloud computing at conferences has been security—and it’s probably going to continue for the foreseeable future as the No. 1 concern. It is, as I noted to one colleague, like living through Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. Every conference features the same discussions, the same solutions, the same sage nodding about the need to "address this and make users more comfortable."

The recent Cloud Expo was no different. It seemed like every presentation, keynote and conversation paid deference to the issue of security. However, I took a different tack—focusing on the revolution in user (i.e., developer) expectations made possible by cloud computing with a presentation on The Democratization of IT (summarized in this blog post…

I found myself reflecting on this unending focus on security. How is it—despite the intense interest in this topic, the many vendors in the cloud security sector and the endless presentations at conferences on the subject—that we don’t seem to have moved beyond people citing concerns on the subject and on to actually establishing mitigation measures and best practices? It’s like Waiting for Godot—and, just as in the play, despite all the talk, it never arrives…

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