Risks and challenges
Several of the most critical Cloud computing challenges, pertaining mostly to Cloud consumers that use IT resources located in public Clouds, are presented and examined.
Increased security vulnerabilities
Migration of business data to the Cloud means that the responsibility of data security becomes shared with the Cloud provider. Remote usage of IT resources requires an expansion of trust boundaries by the Cloud consumer to include the external Cloud. It can be difficult to properly address multi-regional compliance and legal issues due to the fact that third-party Cloud providers will frequently establish data centers in affordable or convenient geographical locations. Cloud consumers will often not be aware of the physical location of their IT resources and data when hosted by public Clouds. For some organizations, this can pose serious legal concerns pertaining to industry or government regulations that specify data privacy and storage policies.
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