Forrester: Cloud data breaches are inevitable
Analysts at Forrester have stated that organisations must be prepared for cloud data breaches, as they are "inevitable".
In its new report, Predictions 2015: The Days Of Fighting The Cloud Are Over, Forrester explained data breaches will happen and will be the fault of chief information officers rather than software-as-a-service providers.
"The culprits will likely be common process and governance failures such as poor key management or lack of training or perimeter-based thinking by your security department," the report states.
Docker is one of the big new trends in cloud technology and Forrester stated that this is going to continue in the coming months. With big technology companies such as Google and eBay having embraced Docker already, its time in the spotlight looks set to continue for a while yet.
Hybrid cloud management has been talked about in the industry for a few years, but Forrester claims 2015 is going to be the year it starts to break through into the mainstream.
Meanwhile, Forrester described managed private cloud models as going into a death spiral caused by companies turning to more efficient forms of the technology.
With cloud data breaches likely, disaster-recovery-as-a-service (DRaaS) is going to become more important in the next 12 months, Forrester says.
The organisation said in the report: "In 2015, enterprise online backup providers must either make the leap to DRaaS and provide workload availability in addition to data protection or prepare to suffer a similar fate to Symantec Backup Exec cloud."
Cloud computing is going through huge changes and companies that want to stay ahead of the curve will have to work hard to do so.
Forrester said: "The landscape for cloud computing changes quickly, so your business technology agenda must adapt just as rapidly. Your business will earn an early mover advantage by keeping ahead of these changes."
Businesses looking to move services into the cloud should evaluate the performance of their existing network and consider setting up a leased line or MPLS network.
