We’ve been taught to learn from the past. Good advice, unless we’re talking about cloud security. Looking to the past only limits us. The cloud’s benefits – numerous flexible options, scale and elasticity – demand dropping pre-conceptions about security carried over from traditional data centers.
In the cloud, resources can come and go, self-service replaces the work of IT teams, and networks no longer consist of clearly defined perimeters and segments. Despite these fundamental differences, many enterprises still treat security in the cloud exactly as if they would security for (far away) data centers. To repeat the past is to lose out on the present and the benefits of seeing how the cloud can transform your business. When cloud security is done in a way that leverages the best that cloud has to offer, incredible possibilities for security and compliance emerge.