10/29/2010 4:07:12 PM
IT Security news: Cloud Harmony?
Cloud users still find security difficult to rationalise
according to a survey by Courion.
Of 384 Large Enterprise managers questioned, one in seven stated
that they knew of access violations in their cloud, while also
admitting that they did not know how to find them.
Half said they were not confident that a compliance audit of
their cloud-based applications would show that all access is
appropriate. An eight per cent rise over the previous year reported
they didn't know who had access to what system or applications:
these 'zombie' accounts remain active after people leave their
jobs, leaving companies open to data breaches.
As a result of all of this, large businesses lack confidence
that they can prevent former employees (and there are few greater
risks than a disgruntled former employee) accessing their
systems.
Perhaps most worrying is that no-one seems to be taking
responsibility for it. The survey found that over three quarters of
respondents couldn't identify a single person who was responsible
for securing cloud data.
With a gathering momentum towards cloud computing it is time for
both business and the IT Security industry to propose solutions,
delegate ownership of the cloud's security elements, and start to
get a grip on what is obviously an issue.
Damian Hicklin
IT
Security & Communications Manager
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