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Cloud Security
Cloud computing is a flexible, cost-effective, and proven delivery platform for providing business or consumer IT services over the Internet. Cloud resources can be rapidly deployed and easily scaled, with all processes, applications and services provisioned "on demand", regardless of user location or device.
Cloud computing security from Redstone offers end-to-end solutions that enable you to take a business-driven and holistic approach to securing your cloud computing environment. Redstone’s capabilities empower you to dynamically monitor and quantify security risks, enabling you to better:
- Understand threats and vulnerabilities in terms of business impact
- Respond to security events with security controls that optimise business results
- Prioritise and balance your security investments
What are the benefits of cloud computing?
Source: IBM Security Whiteboard, 2010 - Cloud computing gives organisations the opportunity to adopt newer technologies without significant risk or expenditure
- It enables organisations to increase their service delivery efficiencies and streamline IT management
- Through cloud computing organisations can better align IT services with dynamic business requirements
In many ways, cloud computing offers the "best of both worlds", providing solid support for core business functions along with the capacity to develop new and innovative services.
Why is cloud security important?
To fully benefit from cloud computing, you must ensure that the data, applications and systems are properly secured so that your cloud infrastructure won't expose your organisation to risk. Cloud computing has the usual requirements of traditional IT security, though it presents an added level of risk because of the "externalised" aspects of a cloud model. This can make it more difficult to maintain data integrity and privacy, support data and service availability, and demonstrate compliance.
Assessing the risks associated with cloud computing, such as data integrity, recovery, privacy, and tenant isolation is critical to the adoption of cloud technologies. These risks call for automated end-to-end security with a heavier emphasis on strong isolation, integrity and resiliency in order to provide visibility, control and automation across your cloud computing infrastructure.
Contact us today about cloud security on 0845 201 0026 or email itsecurity@redstone.co.uk
