A move to the cloud can deliver innumerable benefits to any organization, and particularly to small and mid-sized businesses, which can now deploy enterprise-strength technologies without the cost and complexity of their on-premises equivalents. The shift of business data from the on-site server room to the cloud, however, raises new security concerns and risks that must be addressed in order for the cloud deployment to be successful. This Pax8 white paper provides an overview of cloud computing, and outlines the emerging risks inherent in cloud computing and the steps necessary to combat them.
