How Cloud Security Strongly Depends on Process Maturity, Automation and Scale
Eberhard von Faber, Michael Pauly · 2011
Security is the most discussed topic in cloud computing. Therefore, the (enterprise) users ask their provider about antivirus protection, firewalls and access control. But only a few of them know the processes inside a data centre needed to produce scalable, dynamic and flexible ICTservices on large scale. The essential elements here are centralization and consequent re-use, virtualization on all levels of the ICT stack, as well as interoperability and standardization to ensure that this will work. By considering principles of modern ICT production, it is shown that process maturity, automation and large scale are essential to achieve an adequate level of security.