Cloud Services emerging as an optimal solution to total email risk management 
(11/06/2009)
A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 470 organisations has found that 75% of them intend to reallocate or increase their budgets to secure cloud computing and software as a service within the next 12 months.
Further, interviews conducted by Infosecurity Europe with a panel of 20 Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) of large enterprises which covered the topic revealed that they are concerned about availability and security aspects of software services in the cloud. They were especially concerned about the lack of standards for working in the cloud, SAAS and secure internet access, all of them said that they would welcome the development of guidelines in this area.
“This is the clearest indication that SaaS is well and truly here to stay. With any new technology however a risk assessment must be undertaken before allowing your data to be stored offsite (with a vendor). After all, you can transfer the burden of managing systems, but not the liability if something goes wrong." said Raj Samani ISSA
According to Tamar Beck, Group Event Director, Infosecurity Europe, “There are many drivers that make Externalisation almost inevitable as competitive new businesses models are underpinned by collaborative working and its ability to enable organisations to seize opportunities as soon as they arise. Cloud computing and SAAS appear to have a pivotal role to play in this new evolving environment where CIOs are challenged to add value to the business and CISOs required to ensure that new services are reliable and secure."
Cloud Services are emerging as an optimal solution to total email risk management. However without a holistic approach to risk management, threats can infiltrate any business - Trojans can initiate data leaks and application system exploits can start denial-of-service attacks.
Related topics: Internet and Web security Virus, Worm, Email security, spyware and malware
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