In study after study, security is noted as a top concern in moving to the cloud.

• 1/3 of surveyed central IT professionals still call cloud security a significant challenge.
• 52% of surveyed technology decision makers have concerns around the risk of unauthorized access, data integrity and protection in the cloud.
• 62% of surveyed IT security professionals say their top cloud concern is unauthorized access to data by outsiders.

Despite the widespread concern, security can be one of the core benefits of moving to the cloud. According to the Alert Logic Cloud Security Report, in a cloud environment you’re actually safer from incidents like Trojans, brute force attacks and other suspicious activities.

This white paper compiles industry data and expert insights to discuss the opportunity to leverage private cloud while maintaining — or exceeding — your data security requirements.