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The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has issued guidance for
managing cybersecurity risks associated with cloud services. The
guidance recognizes the significant benefits of cloud services, but
cautions organizations to carefully assess and effectively manage
the risks presented by cloud services. All organizations
contemplating the use of cloud services can benefit from the Cyber
Centre’s guidance.
Cloud services
Cloud services make information technology (IT) resources (e.g.,
networks, servers, software applications and data storage) and
related services (e.g., hardware and software maintenance and
technical support) available as a utility or consumption-based
service. Cloud services enable an organization to outsource its
IT requirements to a specialist cloud service provider (a CSP)
who can provide required services in a better and more efficient
and cost-effective manner. For those reasons, cloud services can
provide significant benefits, but they can also present potentially
significant risks.
An organization that uses cloud…
