ABSTRACT
Looking outside the organization to gain increased competitiveness, efficiency, flexibility, and, potentially, lower cost is not new-it is simply outsourcing. So why is there so much hype about cloud computing? Well, taking virtual machines containing critical, sensitive, and proprietary information and applications off premise to public and shared environments creates new security challenges. We have relied on network perimeter defense as the method to protect information assets stored in a data center. This off premise virtual machines may also revoke compliance and breach security policies. Information technology (IT) is recognizing that competitive advantages, expanded capacity, failover flexibility, and, possibly, cost savings just cannot be passed up and are looking to cloud computing services asking
1. Will my company still have the same security policy and standards control over my applications, information assets, and services?
