I don’t think there would be anyone in the industry who can deny the growing acceptance of the cloud computing environment, however, it too has some short comings; and
cloud security is the most prominent out of them. Irrespective of the size of the organization you’re running, cloud computing offers you an array of benefits in its both model – public or private cloud.
In cloud environment, your critical data is stored with a third-party infrastructure, away from your premises. In the case you have to completely rely on them for the security of your entire company’s sensitive data, regardless of the fact that you’re creating backup file using SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) version of a CRM software. Thus it’s obvious to investigate different security aspects before you enter into an agreement. The recent trend suggests that a large number of entrepreneurs moving to
hybrid cloud solution.
Major security concerns that should be strictly taken care of to ensure high level of data security are – Secured Software Interfaces,
Secured Stored Data, Secured data separation, Secured Data Transfer, and Controlled User Access.
You need to follow these steps in order to deal with aforesaid security concerns – Figure out the problems early, access control is essential and prioritize the vulnerability testing