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Build a Cloud Security Strategy

Secure the cloud by considering its unique challenges.

  • Leveraging the cloud introduces IT professionals to a new world that they are tasked with securing.
  • With many cloud vendors proposing to share the security responsibility, it can be a challenge for organizations to develop a clear understanding of how they can best secure their data off premises.

Our Advice

Critical Insight

  • Cloud security is not fundamentally different from security on premises.
  • While some of the mechanics are different, the underlying principles are the same. Accountability doesn’t disappear.
  • By virtue of its broad network accessibility, the cloud does expose decisions to extreme scrutiny, however.

Impact and Result

  • The business is adopting a cloud environment and it must be secured, which includes:
    • Ensuring business data cannot be leaked or stolen.
    • Maintaining privacy of data and other information.
    • Securing the network connection points.
  • This blueprint and associated tools are scalable for all types of organizations within various industry sectors.

Build a Cloud Security Strategy Research & Tools

Start Here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should build a cloud security strategy, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the four ways we can support you in completing this project.

1. Explore security considerations for the cloud

Explore how the cloud changes the required controls and implementation strategies for a variety of different security domains.

2. Prioritize initiatives and construct a roadmap

Develop your organizational approach to various domains of security in the cloud, considering the cloud’s unique risks and challenges.


Member Testimonials

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.

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Canadian Wildlife Federation

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Petar provided excellent guidance to help our security team learn best practices through discussion, establish a baseline for organizational report... Read More

About Info-Tech

Info-Tech Research Group is the world’s fastest-growing information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 30,000 IT professionals.

We produce unbiased and highly relevant research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well-informed decisions. We partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need, from actionable tools to analyst guidance, ensuring they deliver measurable results for their organizations.

MEMBER RATING

10.0/10
Overall Impact

$50,000
Average $ Saved

20
Average Days Saved

After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve.

Read what our members are saying

What Is a Blueprint?

A blueprint is designed to be a roadmap, containing a methodology and the tools and templates you need to solve your IT problems.

Each blueprint can be accompanied by a Guided Implementation that provides you access to our world-class analysts to help you get through the project.

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Get the help you need in this 2-phase advisory process. You'll receive 7 touchpoints with our researchers, all included in your membership.

Guided Implementation 1: Explore security considerations for the cloud
  • Call 1: Scope requirements, objectives, and your specific challenges.
  • Call 2: Review cloud considerations for security controls.
  • Call 3: Discuss security implications of cloud service models.
  • Call 4: Finalize list of initiatives for securing the cloud.

Guided Implementation 2: Prioritize initiatives and construct a roadmap
  • Call 1: Prioritize initiatives identified in Phase 1.
  • Call 2: Build execution waves and introduce Gantt chart.
  • Call 3: Finalize roadmap and discuss next steps.

Authors

Jeremy Roberts

Ian Mulholland

Isaac Kinsella

Contributors

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  • Christopher Odediran, Head of IT Asset Management, Mott Macdonald
  • Tammy Krauthammer, VP of Technology, LPL Financial
  • Luz Cervantes, IT Asset Manager, Northgate Markets
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