Three Styles of Securing Public and Private Clouds

Gartner Research Note

Three Styles of Securing Public and Private Clouds

John Pescatore, August 12, 2010

GoGrid is pleased to bring you an important Gartner Research Note containing expert advice on how to develop a strategy for selecting a secure public or private cloud.

Key Findings

• Most large enterprises will use private cloud services before public cloud. The security strategies chosen to secure private cloud will be key to securing public cloud.
• Third-party security assessment standards are needed to enable the broad use of public cloud services.
• Security as a service will play a major role in providing a separate security control plane for the business use of public cloud services.

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