Monday, June 10, 2013

GRC-Daily: IT Secruity Lost in the Cloud

Enterprise Risk Management featured on GRC-Daily website


Excerpt from the article:

Florida Bar Joins Other States in Guiding Attorneys on Cloud Confidentiality

Businesses large and small have embraced the convenience of Cloud computing as a way to save money and improve efficiencies.   But what is the real cost of such “savings”?   According to Enterprise Risk Management CEO Silka Gonzalez, “Not all cloud computing services are created equal.” 
Silka Gonzalez
CEO
Enterprise Risk Management


Miami-based Enterprise Risk Management, an IT and security consulting firm has this advice,  “Know who you are working with and do your due diligence before you migrate your data to the Cloud.”   

“Larger Cloud providers should have the resources to provide strong IT security around the technology, right down to their own employees,” explained Gonzalez. “Smaller providers may not be able to offer the same level of comprehensive risk management.” In addition, most Cloud service provider agreements specify that the organization itself is still responsible for their own internal IT security.



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