How IT security, audit and compliance must change in cloud environments

Overview

With the proliferation of cloud computing, how does an organiaation manage IT security, compliance, and audit? Cloud computing poses new challenges for IT security, compliance and audit professionals who must protect corporate data and IT assets, and verify compliance of security controls.
This whitepaper begins with a definition of cloud computing and its various models, explains how cloud computing is changing assumptions about security, and provides guidelines for auditors who must verify the effectiveness of security controls used within a cloud computing system. Cloud adoption is real, so learn how to prepare your organiaation, tools, and processes for these changes before migration begins.