CSA Guide to Cloud Computing

Forewords

Our dependency on technology has grown almost as fast as new acronyms and buzzwords are introduced to the industry. Cloud computing equally represents a remarkable illustration of this dependency. While the term “cloud security” is new, the basic concept has been around for many years. Almost every Internet user is now leveraging some form of cloud computing and in certain cases not even realizing that they are using the cloud, or more importantly understanding their dependency on cloud services. This, of course, represents a wonderful opportunity to all of us, the ability to leverage incredible technical resources without the burden of having to buy, set up, secure, and maintain systems. Add to this, that we only have to pay for the ...