Is the cloud secure

For many organisations, the security of public clouds is their primary concern when assessing and planning their cloud journey. It is natural that people question whether their data and services will be adequately protected when adopting new services, delivery methods and ways of working. This is particularly relevant in the case of public cloud services, as their use affects all of these things.

We consider public services delivered using the public cloud platforms of major cloud service providers to be at least as secure as those delivered from most internal datacentres. In reality, the current range of security controls available through public cloud platforms exceeds most organisation's on-premises capabilities.

What's more, with cloud adoption set to accelerate for the foreseeable future, the demand for cloud security offerings will drive a constant increase in their maturity and capabilities.

It is important to remember that you must always be responsible with data and that your services should be secure by design. Cloud services provide world-class security and alleviate the burden of implementing and operating effective security controls, but using the cloud never removes your responsibility to protect data and services.