Recorded February 24, 2018

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Summary

In today’s On the SPOT News Brief, Jay Leask and Craig Jahnke introduce a new series of upcoming episodes around Security and Compliance in the Cloud. We know the cloud offers the combined resources and finances of hundreds of thousands of organizations, but why does that give it a chance to be more secure than your on premises infrastructure? And what considerations do you need to keep in mind when you plan your move? In the coming weeks we will dig into each of the topics discussed today.

ARTICLES FOR THIS WEEK

Cloud Workloads at Risk [Beta News]

Security, Management, and Compliance Challenges are Impacting Cloud Benefits [Help Net Security]

* An average 50 percent of their infrastructure on cloud systems.

* 58 percent say security is their top concern, followed by protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access (55 percent) and the increased complexity of infrastructure (44 percent).

* Only 39 percent consider themselves ultimately responsible for the compliance of data stored on cloud services

* A worrying 20 percent believe it’s solely the responsibility of the cloud service provider.

* Only 25 percent of respondents have automated tools in place to ensure compliance rules are not broken.

* 39% reported their infrastructure was more complex since using the cloud, and 53% spend more time on management tasks than they have done previously

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Full Transcript

Jay Leask – 00:09 – Not on purpose, oh Lord. Good morning, good evening, or good afternoon, I don’t know what time it is for you but today is February 21st, today is February 24th. This is Jay Leask and you’re listening to the Speed of Technology.

Craig Jahnke – 00:27 – Hey this is Craig Jahnke and I’m on the spot with Jay, here today on a beautiful Saturday morning to talk about our favorite subject, technology. Jay, what do you think we’re gonna talk about in the area of technology today?

Jay Leask – 00:41 – Well pulling through my magical bag of hat and topic, my magical bag of topics, magical bag of hats, that would be awesome. I think we have the most notes and capable show on is considerations for security and compliance in, you’ll never guess it, on premises infrastructure. I’m kidding. Security and compliance in the cloud, Craig.

Craig Jahnke – 01:02 – Yeah so it seems like everybody I talk to wants to go to the cloud, get to the cloud, be in the cloud, or want to know something about getting there. So just outta curiosity Jay, what do you think would be, how many people are in the cloud.

Jay Leask – 01:19 – Well it depends on what you’re asking there. I think if you were to ask how many people-

Craig Jahnke – 01:23 – How many companies have made the move to the cloud?

Jay Leask – 01:25 – Yeah, well again, if you’re asking how many IT organizations have moved their company to the cloud, I think you probably have a much lower number, but I think realistically, any IT manager who is sitting there thinking about what his employees do from the day to day,