Security experts call for industry to set standards for cloud computing

On April 15, according to foreign media reports, computer security experts said that to manage the rapidly growing cloud computing applications, the industry needed to set standards. Experts say the standards are designed to protect the security threats inherent in cloud computing applications.　　The main security concerns for cloud computing include data loss, confidentiality, and compliance issues.　　Magnas Cacu, a senior virus analyst at Kaspersky Labs, said the top priority for regulators was to set standards for protecting data integrity, confidentiality and compliance issues. Market research firm IDC analyst Ang Poon Wei says companies that consider porting processes and services to cloud computing environments need to assess their business needs to match the services that cloud computing can provide. A survey by IDC found that 60% of respondents said they were unfamiliar with the concept of cloud computing and its advantages.　　40% of respondents said they understood the potential of cloud computing, but were unwilling to adopt cloud computing technology for security reasons. Experts suggest that enterprises should not migrate key and core business processes to the cloud environment until the cloud computing future is 2, 3 years old, and can provide solutions to security and compliance threats.