Be selective about what data you store and access from the cloud

Caution and awareness are important factors for mitigating security threats

BY THOMAS BOYDEN

Businesses are racing to expand their use of the cloud. The market for cloud services topped $100 billion in 2012 and is expected to surge to nearly $300 billion by 2020.

Cloud computing has numerous advantages. Companies can slash internal IT costs, and are looking to reduce data loss and service interruptions that accompany cyber attacks.

But caution is warranted.

Using the cloud means, in part, surrendering your organization’s data security. Even if your organization invests heavily in state-of-the-art cyber defenses and maintains an all-star staff of technology experts, none of that security transfers over to the data you send to the cloud. After an upload, your organization becomes wholly dependent upon the security protocols of outsiders.

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