How to move your business to the cloud part 1
Rapid adoption of cloud computing requires a clear understanding on what and how you will manage the move. I had discussed that cost and trust are the key driving factors for cloud adoption in a previous blog. In this blog I'll expand on the key things companies should consider when moving to the cloud. A while ago, I had a room full of executives from a major mining organization. Our discussion was about cloud trust. In the discussion the CTO asked me a great question - "If you were working for me, what would you do to secure our environment as we adopt the cloud?" Here's a digest of what I recommended: First I asked - Do you know what you are trying to protect? Problem most organization face is knowing what they should invest the most into protecting. In the cloud security trends report posted by Microsoft indicated that about 40% of organizations do not have a uniform classification methodology. As you see all industries that where surveyed in this ...