Trends Report

Brief: A New International Standard Helps CIOs Protect Personal Data In The Cloud At Last

April 21st, 2015
Enza Iannopollo, Principal Analyst
Enza Iannopollo Principal Analyst
With contributors:
Pascal Matzke , Carmen Margarit-Stoica

Summary

As cloud computing adoption grows, an increasing number of organizations are experiencing its benefits while struggling to mitigate its risks. Compliance with data protection rules remains a challenge for CIOs and their teams — even more so if they deploy cloud technologies globally and need to meet different regulatory requirements in various geographies. But a new international certification scheme for protecting personal data in the cloud is finally here to help CIOs succeed at this task; it will also contribute to making cloud services more transparent and accountable. This report provides CIOs with an assessment of the new ISO/IEC 27018:2014 certification scheme and its impact on their current and future cloud compliance strategies; it also helps tech managers benchmark cloud service providers as increasing numbers of them adopt the new standard.

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