IT's cloud security concerns do not correlate to actual failures
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A new report from researcher Ovum and managed service provider FireHost concludes that companies aren't exactly confident in their cloud providers' ability to provide the right level of security.In the survey of IT pros, 92 percent are concerned about the shared cloud infrastructure's security, 92 percent are concerned about a lack of control over where the data resides, and 91 percent are concerned about a lack of visibility into security controls.[ Cloud computing shares resources never shared before, creating new risks and demanding new security practices. Learn those new security measures from Cloud Security Digital Spotlight PDF special report. | Also on InfoWorld: "Mobile app development in the cloud." | Stay up on the cloud with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing newsletter. ]We see these kinds of surveys fairly often. They don't actually tell you whether the cloud is secure, only that IT pros perceive that cloud providers lack security.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here