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

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.