Cloud security: Better than you think

GigaOM (Dec 2 2011) Cloud Computing

1. Security is almost always cited as the primary inhibitor to wider cloud adoption by businesses. For example, more than three-quarters (77 percent) of 390 IT pros surveyed think the use of cloud computing makes it harder to protect privacy and 50 percent worry about a data breach or loss, according to the 2011 IBM Global Business Resilience and Risk Study. Well, those IT pros need to get over it, said Joe Coyle, CTO of Capgemini, the system integrator and IT consultant. “Everyone is screaming for an accepted security model for the cloud and I think it’s already here. People just need to take a deep breath,” Coyle said in an interview this week. (Read Full Article)

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