Cloud security has become the number one challenge in cloud computing deployments

If the landing is the 2011 cloud computing Application keyword, then in 2012 Cloud computing Application key phase, the security question will become the cloud computing enterprise promotion, the application most thorny question. Analysis of the industry, the future of security issues to deal with the strategy, will become the cloud computing enterprises to open up the demarcation point of competitive strength. Recently, Forresterresearch survey showed that 51% small and medium-sized enterprises because security has not yet used cloud services. In addition, worldwide, more than 90% of German and French business CIOs claim that security is a prerequisite for their adoption of cloud computing. 56% European CIOs Mark cloud computing security as extremely challenging. This shows that the security problem has seriously hindered the development of cloud computing.

In addition, the IDC survey reports that security is ranked first among the top three market challenges facing cloud computing services. At the same time, international standardization organizations, such as the Cloud Computing Security Alliance CSA, ITU-TSG17 Research Group, structured information standards to promote the organization Oasis, have started the standardization work of cloud security to accelerate the development of industrial applications.

Earlier, Microsoft Business Division Vice President Tedkummert has pointed out that security is not a new topic, Microsoft has spent many years on security, from computing to cloud transformation, from enterprise computing to existing cloud computing, and Microsoft has seen security as an important theme for a long time.

Wu introduced, because the cloud computing services itself is through the network to achieve resources on demand, adding a lot of intermediate links, customer access to service chain lengthened, so the need for a more secure and reliable service system to escort.

At present, many enterprises have begun to study the cloud computing service model and security mechanism, to seek a safe, reliable and economic solution. Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft, Sun and other international It giants, in the external provision of various cloud computing services, security has been considered the biggest advantage.

The time of cloud service is coming

With the security level of cloud computing and the improvement of service quality, the deployment of cloud computing has become the IT focus of many enterprises, the adoption of cloud services is rapidly expanding.

Oracle CEO Ellison has unveiled a public cloud computing service recently. The product blends PAAs (Platform-service) and SaaS (software-as-service) functionality and will use industry standards that allow users to easily transfer Oracle-hosted programs to cloud computing services offered by companies such as the enterprise's data center or Amazon, making the cloud business services model more flexible.

October 11, Microsoft Cloud Computing Services Windowsazure, through the application of performance management provider Compuware using its test tools Cloudsleuth independent testing, in a one-year cloud speed test to overcome the AmazonEC2, Googleappengine and other opponents, enhancing the response time and availability of cloud computing.

In addition, Fujitsu Australia and the second largest commercial bank of Australia, West Bank of the Cooperation Agreement, the use of cloud computing integration, improve the West Bank's internal management system. As a financial capital mobile enterprise, the banking industry pays more attention to cloud security of cloud computing, cloud application landing cost, this time can use cloud computing, indicates the cloud computing service ability is maturing.