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While the cloud has opened the door to endless possibili es in today's rapid-fire pace of
business, it has also increased security and compliance risks. This is why governance control
is key in moving to the cloud, as it is the mechanism through which organiza ons can ensure
effec ve management of informa on security in the cloud. Without it, organiza ons are
opening the door to:
Increased Spend: While the cloud brings greater agility, it can also bring increased costs
due to Shadow IT, where users, without IT's consent, turn up cloud pla orms on which
to run their department workloads. In fact, Cisco research finds that, on average, CIOs
es mate their organiza on is using only 51 cloud services, while the actual number is
closer to 730.
Data Loss: Shadow IT means there could be corporate data residing outside typical
controls designed to ensure security and compliance. Lack of understanding the impacts
of security risks, compliance complica ons, and poten al legal issues within different
deployments of the cloud can open an organiza on up to risk.
Missing Deadlines: Since IT has no control over the development of the cloud
provider's capability/func onality, there may be long development lifecycles. The lack of
ability to quickly roll out compe ve func onality can quickly lead to lost customers and
profits.
At the end of the day, cloud governance is ghtly woven with business goals and policies to
ensure that services are op mized for user expecta ons. Because IT and business goals are
ghtly woven in a joint strategy, it is important to look at cloud governance from a holis c
business perspec ve. Start looking at the rela onship between IT and the business units and
start working with them early to understand what their needs are for IT and to find out why
these individuals are going outside IT and the corporate standards.
It really comes down to enabling the business. IT and security execu ves need to enforce
data policies and procedures, all while ensuring mobile worker produc vity and mee ng
employees needs for maximum produc vity. This cloud governance can be accommodated
through risk analysis and management, led by a qualified security professional. They will
ensure risk is properly managed and balanced against the needs of the business and
individuals who require cloud services. Only then will companies have a sound cloud
governance strategy.
Governance and Control
Challenge
5
The global cloud compu ng
market size is expected to grow
from 371.4 billion in 2020
to 832.1 billion by 2025, at a
Compound Annual Growth Rate
of 17.5%.
Research and Markets: Cloud Compu ng
Market by Service Model, Organiza on
Size, Ver cal and Region - Global
Forecast to 2025
