INTRODUCTION

From reading the trade press, and the vendor hype, one could conclude that Cloud Computing will revolutionize the way IT services are provided; or maybe not. The challenge is to separate the potentially significant business benefits that it can provide, from the hype and hyperbole that have often surrounded it.

One of the most difficult challenges related to Cloud Computing, revolves around the security and compliance issues associated with it. This is not surprising, since moving a company’s key applications, their IT infrastructure, or their corporate and customer information to either an internal or external Cloud provider has risks. For an external Cloud provider, these risks to the business are a substantial consideration for ...

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