The veteran IT security vendor said that cloud computing is a trend that will amplify security threats to companies who are increasingly becoming over-reliant on cloud computing suppliers,
The report said that cloud computing - which is being driven by the current financial climate - is poised to take off and grow exponentially, but cautions that the nature of the cloud makes it an attractive target to hackers.
Hackers, Trend Micro said, are being drawn to the ease of going after a single cloud serving various customers and taking down "multiple systems secured the same way".
"This creates the potential for one customer to get caught up in the bad guy's attempts to take a fellow customer offline", said the report.
Also on the bad news front is the possibility that cloud customers are open to potential problems in the event that their cloud service supplier goes out of business.
Enterprises must fully assess vendors' security systems, as they will be reliant on the provider's due diligence, Trend Micro said.
"Many organisations are just waiting for a security model for the cloud which they can own and move with them from vendor to vendor", according to the Trend Micro report.
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jenban says:
18 December 2009
Somewhat predictable that the predictions are flying at this end-of-year juncture. But with a market as moving-target as cloud computing, it's important that the discussions occur. From one of the top cloud computing players in the game (and one who's been in the longest), here are additional predictions. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/12/prweb3360804.htm
Appistry (my client) gets its sense of where things are because of its work with customers in large and small enterprises, from government to healthcare, financial services, logistics and much more. - Jen Bannan
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