How To Evaluate A Cloud Service Provider: Creating A Compliance Checklist For Security & Resilience

Businesses across sectors, from banks and hospitals to logistics providers and e-commerce platforms, run on cloud infrastructure. Selecting the right Cloud Service Provider (CSP) is now much more than evaluating cost or features. It is about assessing the CSPs ability to ensure resilience, security, and operation sustainment during unexpected disruptions without compromising data or uptime.

The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) of Singapore issued the Advisory Guidelines for Resilience and Security of Cloud Services. Though voluntary, these guidelines provide a robust framework for CSPs. Businesses can rely on the critical areas mentioned in the IMDA guidelines to evaluate CSPs and develop internal compliance processes before selection. In this post, we highlight a selection of checklist questions drawn from the comprehensive IMDA framework.