Visibility, security top concerns for cloud computing adoption
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"What many have started to realize is that cloud app vendors have invested massively in security and arent suffering from the major hacks that some had predicted," he said. For example, multi-tenant cloud environments can make it difficult to monitor data in motion, said Ananda Rajagopal, VP Product Management at Santa Clara, Calif.-based security vendor Gigamon Inc. "One cannot just tap into a virtual switch," he said. "In a cloud computing environment, data is stored in logical pools, the physical storage spans multiple servers and often locations," said David Rubal, chief technologist for data and analytics at Herndon, Vir.-based DLT Solutions, which provides technology and consulting services to public agencies. In addition, 46 percent of the survey respondents said that they need to ensure that cloud service providers’ security meets their compliance requirements before moving ahead with deployments. Unfortunately, vendors arent required to share proprietary security information, and many will often provide details only to their largest customers, said Richard Cassidy, technical director at Houtson-based Alert Logic, Inc.
