Hybrid Cloud can fulfill all the enterprise requirements for data storage and scalable infrastructure. The hybrid cloud offers better flexibility and agility that cannot be achieved with on-premise data centers. Enterprises from different sectors have embraced the concept of hybrid cloud and as new requirements emerge, the challenges for the hybrid cloud providers have increased.
A document released on December 2018 by Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), a non-profit organization for defining and raising the awareness for cloud-computing and National Technology Security Coalition, a non-profit organization to advocate information security.
The report highlighted that cloud computing has rapidly been adopted by the enterprises and even as a default IT environment instead of legacy infrastructure. Cloud has become a stepping stone for the digital transformation leading towards rapid use of technology for dynamic infrastructure and software resourcefulness.
Cloud adoption in the enterprise network has also opened the doors for the numerous threats. The threats and risks aren’t abating the growth of the cloud; it’s actually improving the technology. Many IT organizations are coming forward that mitigate the risk of a security breach by defining policies. Each of the mobility devices, email or even the enterprise network is secured by encryption and containerization.
The solutions offered depends on the size of the operational data that need to be protected. Cloud Providers offer risk assessment and framework for the policies that can help the enterprise to reduce the security risk. As a hybrid environment depends on two different infrastructures, private and public both having varied technology requirements, hence enterprises can use third-party assessment to calculate the security risk.
Cloud service providers may not be enough for the enterprises that want to involve mobility solutions and back-up the database information. Involving a third-party vendor for the risk analysis of data that can give legal and deployment advice about policies will help the enterprises in the long-run to reduce the risk.
