Security in the Cloud Security risks are a concrete expression
of the lack of control a business faces when considering moving
critical business systems to the cloud. From the perspective of
the enterprise, there are seven major risks to be considered. Of
these seven, four can be easily controlled or mitigated by the
Enterprise. The remaining three remain the responsibility of the
cloud provider of which the Enterprise has little real control,
other than voting with their wallet. It may be argued that the
Enterprise should make “demands” of the cloud provider through
the use of contracts or third party audits, but in reality the
market will determine the amount of security provided to
Enterprises by cloud service providers and the level of
acceptable risk. It may turn out that the cheaper price of cloud
computing comes with necessarily increased risk, which may be a
self-limiting factor in itself to the pervasive use of cloud
computing by Enterprises. We outline the top security risks as
follows: 1. Insecure,