Compliance and the Cloud
Posted by M. Ursula Herrmann
Crain’s Cleveland Business Guest Blog Post of 4-20-12
Cloud Computing presents some great cost saving and efficiency benefits to most businesses, but we continually advise clients to exercise care when moving their data and applications to the Cloud. A good example – compliance and adherance to industry regulations can be even more problematic if you’re using providers in the Cloud. This blog post from Crain’s Cleveland Business covers:
-
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (aka PCI DSS, or just PCI) regarding credit card processing
- SAS 70 Certification
- CSA CCM (Cloud Security Alliance Cloud Controls Matrix)
Follow this link to Crain’s Cleveland Business to read the full post: Cloud Computing Compliance
If you are interested to learn more about finding IT solutions “in the cloud,” we highly recommend this book from Dell as a must-have guide. Chapters include:
-
- Defining Cloud Computing and Software as a Service
- Benefits, concerns, privacy regarding using resources in the cloud
- Cloud computing security
- Migrating to and integrating Cloud IT Solutions
- and more…