Cloud

On the spot: Securing the cloud

Like everything else, cloud environments need to be secured and governed. How this will happen is an ongoing discussion.

01 April 2011

Gartner says security will go to the cloud via the extension of the idea of SOA governance boxes. This month we asked local experts if Gartner is on the money, or if there is more to this than meets the eye. The answers were varied, and reveal the complexity of the question.

✔ Gartner’s views point in the right direction but this is only one part of the complete story for securing cloud environments. Yes, XML fire-walling and scanning will feature, but this only protects at the network layer. Remember, security also has to include protection at the operating system, application and database levels.

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