The Forrester Wave™: Public Cloud Platform Service Providers' Security, Q4 2014

Nearly every large enterprise today is building and deploying new applications on one or more of the leading public cloud platforms. But rarely is this initiative done with the security and risk (S&R) professional involved from the start. Should you be worried? Do these platforms provide the protections and security features you need to keep your company's data safe? This Forrester Wave™ evaluates four of the leading public clouds along 15 key security criteria evaluations to answer this question. The participating cloud services providers were: AWS, CenturyLink Cloud, IBM SoftLayer, and Microsoft Azure. This report details our findings about how well each vendor fulfills our criteria and where they stand in relation to each other, to help S&R professionals select the right public cloud partner with the best options for security controls and overall security capabilities.