The article talks about security as if it were one or two tasks to be done--either in the cloud or otherwise. It turns out that securing one or two aspects of an operation is a pure waste of money. This is like locking the front door of a house and leaving the back doors and windows open. The right way to think of security is to understand the overall business and make sure that the entire operation and its threats are understood. After that, the security budget needs to be allocated to the different areas according to their importance.
It is, of course, natural for certain functions to be done in the cloud and others to be done at the end point, and there may be others that actually need to be done on-premise at the network itself. The cloud does add a lot of resources, as well as expertise, to the securing of an enterprise, but understanding the business is the most important factor. If I had a very limited budget, for example, I would make sure that the most important business application was secured first. Wouldn't you?
Taher Elgamal
Chief Security Officer
Axway
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