I am at TechSec this week in sunny Delray Beach, Florida (actually, it’s pouring rain). The sessions here have been diverse, with a range of topics and great content.
I was invited to speak on a panel as part of, “Is your cloud provider secure?” Joining me was Chris Peckham (SVP & CTO Kratos), Morgan Hertal (VP & GM MACE CS) and Yong-Gon Chon (VP & CTO SecureInfo Corp)… all experts in the cloud services field.
My role was to address the group from the aspect of a vendor supplying a cloud service. What questions should you ask? How do you know the data is secure? Why would I use the cloud, etc.? There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about the cloud. What was eye-catching was the interest of running services in the cloud (services also being described as a product). PPM has been providing Perspective as a secure cloud base option for years. Although we were not able to use company and product names during the session, I was able to describe the benefits of using Perspective in the cloud… everything from improved customer satisfaction simply because updates are done quickly and easily, to the removal of IT barriers, to payment options which are more easily accessible than high output capital costs, to the security of the data. These points were substantiated by the rest of the panel in how they approach the cloud.
So why are we so afraid of the cloud? [click to continue…]
