| | September- 2020ENTERPRISE SECURITY8he influx of humungous amounts of data pertaining to customers, employees, and external stakeholders has elevated the need for its protection. What better way than to migrate and maintain all this data in the cloud, thus creating the most favorable ecosystem for cloud security to thrive. This trend has furthered owing to the increase in cyber-attacks, along with a rise in employee mobility, bring your device (BYOD), and growth of the online market. The transferring of vast amounts of data to the cloud by IT businesses is another vital factor that has brought about a boost in adopting cloud services. In such a scenario, I feel it is most crucial to maintain the same quantum of control and comfort in both the cloud environment and a traditional enterprise environment.In enforcing cloud security across organizations, cloud providers need to keep in mind where the responsibility and reliability is housed. Even with an integrated managed service provider, the stewardship of the data within the cloud is secured by certain agreements. We also see regulatory norms, contract reading, and framing leading to the cloud service and solution providers being held liable, regardless of whether their functions are outsourced to cloud hosting providers or third-party dealers. In doing so, organizations find themselves in the sweet spot of reducing the extra cost of billing the data centers, administrative expenses, and ensuring that the right practices and procedures are followed to provide IN MY OPINIONBy Chris White, Deputy CISO, Interpublic Group[NYSE:IPG]TCloud Security Amplifying Business Growth
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