You can’t have avoided the word “cloud” in recent years nor its predominance in all of our lives, both business and personal. Cloud computing is not only a game-changer for companies, but it is also changing the nature of jobs, both in information technology departments and in other departments as well.

A recent Cloud survey* found that 73 percent of respondents cited security concerns as the top challenge holding back cloud projects. Therefore companies need to put time and effort into fully investigating the many Cloud security options that are available to enable them to choose the right one to fit their chosen Cloud strategy. On June 10th SureSkills ran “Your Journey to a Secure Cloud“ event where SureSkills’ SME’s and industry experts gave an overview of the various Cloud strategy options and the importance of ensuring the security of your data.

A new survey by Data Solutions has found that half of IT decision makers within Irish businesses are concerned that nation state cyber warfare, such as the SonyCyber-Security-Image hack, may become a threat to their business.

SureSkills, in association with CME Group recently organised an unmissable event where SME's took attendees through three interactive presentations which included Phil Hearsum, ITSM Portfolio Manager for AXELOS, discussing how cloud computing is a disruptive innovation and what it means to IT organizations across the globe. Phil then explored the effect of the cloud on existing best practice frameworks such as ITIL and shared examples of how to adapt the existing framework. Next up was Bill Heffernan, CEO at SP3 Services, who took us through the facts about getting real business value from best practice. Last but not least was Ian Fitzgerald, Director of Cloud Platform Services at EMC. His session covered a real life case study and showed our audience what it really takes to implement your cloud strategy using best practice.

Over the years, we have seen a rise in both attack frequency and diversity of malicious software used. With increases in cloud incidents related to vulnerability scanning, web application attacks and brute force attacks, it is crucial for you to understand the types of threats potentially targeting you on the cloud so you can build a security-in-depth strategy to defend your environment from malicious attacks.

Are you responsible for your organisation’s Cloud security ? Is it at the forefront of your Cloud strategy? Have you assessed all the Cloud security options available to you?

A recent Cloud survey* found that 73 percent of respondents cited security concerns as the top challenge holding back cloud projects. Therefore companies need to put time and effort into fully investigating the many Cloud security options that are available to enable them to choose the right one to fit their chosen Cloud strategy