Originally published by Risk Management magazine, March
2013
Data security never gets easier. The current trajectory of
technological innovation creates an ever-more challenging security
environment, and the cloud computing revolution is no different. A
recent survey indicated that a recurring problem these days
emanates from company employees and departments placing data onto
the cloud outside the confines established by corporate IT
officers. Nearly three-fourths of those surveyed say they have been
affected by this so-called "rogue cloud" computing.
As it is, many businesses already find themselves faced with a
tricky decision on whether to embrace this technology and migrate
their data to the cloud. Even those companies using the cloud
extensively have had to decide which categories of information are
suitable for cloud migration. Now, some of that strategy has been
undermined by employees, divisions and departments making decisions
about cloud usage that may
