Businesses across industries are migrating to cloud-based services, and the gaming industry is no exception. As operations shift and more and more systems, data, and computing power are migrated to the cloud, a whole new level of security needs to be considered. Your on-premises security may be top-of-the-line, but different precautions, plans, and programs are required to guarantee the same level of security to your online and cloud-based systems and data. How do you know if your security setup can weather the risks brought on by cloud computing?
What is Cloud Security?
Just because the cloud enables your information to be accessed from anywhere does not mean you want it to be accessed by anyone. Cloud security guards your data, applications, and infrastructure hosted in the cloud from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, disruption, modification, or destruction.
“By 2024, more than 45% of IT spending on system infrastructure, infrastructure software, application software, and business process outsourcing will shift from traditional solutions to cloud.” – Gartner
READ THE FULL ARTICLE BY MELISSA AARSKAUG IN THE 2023 SUMMER EDITION OF GAMING & LEISURE MAGAZINE.