The move to cloud computing is the next stage of an unstoppable trend in the breakdown of the enterprise perimeter, both technically and organisationally. This new paradigm presents a number of security challenges that still need to be resolved but sufficient change in the IT environment has already happened - so that most organisations are working in a transitional state where security exploits are happening across the enterprise boundary. In this situation, the compartmentalisation introduced by migrating to cloud services could result in much improved security.
['Philippe Dorey', 'A. Leite']
Commentary: Cloud computing - A security problem or solution?