The word on the CIO's lips today is Cloud
06/03/11 18:23
The word on the CIO's lips today is Cloud. They are asking questions like -
Considering the recent debacle in the US, when at the eleventh hour, a US Police Department decided that the contractual engagement they were entering into with a Cloud Provider did not meet their exacting expectations of security - this should raise a flag! It was not that the Cloud offering was insecure - it was provisioned with a robust security features that, in this case, the majority, would consider acceptable. It was more a case of, for the entity in question the delivery of Cloud did not meet their individual security requirement, for their brand of Confidential Data.
This case was not so much that the cloud space was insecure, but a manifestation of a basic misunderstanding. This is in fact the very point of CAMM, where its tool set may be employed to examine, document, and make available the various attributes associated with an individual Cloud environment, and its associated features, and deliverables. Thus at the touch of a mouse button, and a view via your Browser, it will be possible to transparently examine what the particular Cloud Providers are offering in the way of basic, and enhanced services - here if such a toolset had been at the disposal of this particular US Government Department, much time, frustration, and cost could have been save by using CAMM pre negotiation process. Above all, this is the means by which one may answer that question 'Is It Safe' with independent qualification.
- How may Cloud be leveraged to drive a smarter, more agile business.
- Will Cloud be economical when measured against conventional technologies?
- Will Cloud meet the demands of the Business, and Clients? And then there is that famous question posed by Dustin Hoffman's Dentist
- Is It Safe?
Considering the recent debacle in the US, when at the eleventh hour, a US Police Department decided that the contractual engagement they were entering into with a Cloud Provider did not meet their exacting expectations of security - this should raise a flag! It was not that the Cloud offering was insecure - it was provisioned with a robust security features that, in this case, the majority, would consider acceptable. It was more a case of, for the entity in question the delivery of Cloud did not meet their individual security requirement, for their brand of Confidential Data.
This case was not so much that the cloud space was insecure, but a manifestation of a basic misunderstanding. This is in fact the very point of CAMM, where its tool set may be employed to examine, document, and make available the various attributes associated with an individual Cloud environment, and its associated features, and deliverables. Thus at the touch of a mouse button, and a view via your Browser, it will be possible to transparently examine what the particular Cloud Providers are offering in the way of basic, and enhanced services - here if such a toolset had been at the disposal of this particular US Government Department, much time, frustration, and cost could have been save by using CAMM pre negotiation process. Above all, this is the means by which one may answer that question 'Is It Safe' with independent qualification.