As Cloud Computing becomes the new platform for many aspects of our lives, from Google Mail to iTunes to banking and more, the discussion specific to security tends to focus on the What. It may be helpful to look at the Why.
Security Cloud Computing (SCC) is changing the very fabric of how security is sold, delivered, used and as a result, valued. While SCC is nothing new to the security monitoring business model, SCC may benefit your security program. You will hear concerns that the cloud is not secure. But that is not our cloud. Securing the cloud is important, and very smart people are working to ensure that happens. Our opportunity is to use the cloud to secure our organizations, not to secure the cloud.