Cloud and Enterprise Security Architecture

So, I let myself get volunteered to do another web-cast for BrightTALK.

I'm giving the first presentation at their 3rd Cloud Security Summit on the 11th of May. My last web-cast was a fairly generic overview of the security risks associated with cloud computing. My next presentation is a bit more ambitious... I'm aiming to try and bring cloud computing security within the context of wider enterprise architecture. It's either going to be great or one of the more cringe-inducing web-casts on the Interweb :-)

I would like to take a little time to explain the philosophy behind this upcoming presentation. I’ve been thinking for a while now that those of us working in the cloud space need to work harder to bring the technologies into the mainstream – whilst the hype around cloud computing was really useful in bringing it to the forefront, I fear it is now counterproductive to mainstream adoption. By treating cloud as somehow different, or apart from traditional IT delivery, all we are doing is making it appear scarier than it need be to potential consumers. After all, it
is human nature to be wary of things that are different or unknown. What I aim to do is to show that we can bring cloud computing into the wider architecture context of an enterprise – yes cloud brings some unique opportunities and unique challenges, just not necessarily more so than other means of IT delivery. In-house, traditional out-sourcing, cloud – all have their own quirks and are all unique in their own special ways…

So please, tune in to http://www.brighttalk.com/webcasts/8490/attend on the 11th and see whether I manage to pull it off or fall flat on my face!