The first objection, and most common concern, I hear from customers about moving to cloud-based applications is security. How can we protect our data if it’s not on our servers, in our data center, and under our control?
To answer the question, I first need to narrow our definition of the cloud. For the purposes of this post, when I say cloud-based applications, I am referring to multi-tenant, quasi-public, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications or platforms. I am not talking about what some refer to as private cloud environments. AccuCode moved to Google Apps about five years ago and today has a business unit that helps other companies move to Google Apps. So it’s the one I am most familiar with. Google Apps is the poster child for the multi-tenant cloud but there are many others.
It’s my opinion that public, multi-tenant applications are more secure than most of the systems you run in your data center and/or private cloud environment.
The following is a list of reasons why I believe this to be so. [Read More…]
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