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Journey to the Cloud

According to Gartner, in the next 18 months more than 60% of organisations will look at some kind of cloud offering. Despite some clear cost and agility benefits, concerns around security and compliance mean that businesses are hesitating before moving to the cloud.

Moving your data and computing resources outside the corporate perimeter into a third-party network implies significant trust between customer and cloud provider, and an understanding of the different cloud architectures and the benefits they bring.

Cloud computing represents a fundamental shift in the way IT services are delivered. However, security and compliance concerns mean that organisations are hesitating before starting the journey to the cloud.

In preparation for moving to the cloud, businesses must focus on defining how services need to work, asking:
• How can I securely export and store data in the cloud?
• How can I manage access to my cloud data?
• How do I retain digital ownership and control in a virtual environment?
• How do I maintain compliance?

Navigating a path to secure cloud computing

Integralis consultants use a combination of expertise and stakeholder engagement to identify the data, compliance requirements, key risk areas associated with data and services in the cloud. Integralis can help to assess and audit the controls that both the provider and tenant have responsibility for Business Continuity Management

Where cloud adoption has been positively identified, Integralis can help to identify suitable technologies and providers to ensure the data and services remain protected.

Integralis offers the following Services to assist you in your journey to the cloud:

Cloud Governance Service
The service provides independent, consultative advice on:
- Interpreting the compliance requirements and mapping them to real controls.
- Ensuring appropriate controls are in place to maintain regulatory compliance as data and services exist in the cloud
- Performing gap analysis between existing controls and the identified required controls.

Cloud Readiness Service
The service provides independent, consultative advice on:
- Mapping business requirements into a suitable cloud deployment model (private, public, hybrid)
- Ensuring appropriate controls are in place to maintain regulatory compliance when data and services are migrated to the cloud
- Identifying key requirements that service providers need to deliver

Virtualisation Security Assessment Service
The service provides independent, consultative advice on:
- Secure virtual networking and gaining traffic visibility
- Securing and hardening the management layer
- Ensuring compliance is maintained when services are virtualised
- Identifying the suitability for running multiple security zones within a single infrastructure

Contact us for more information on how we can help you with your journey to the cloud.