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THE RISE OF THE CLOUD SECURITY
PROFESSIONAL – AN EMERGING VOICE
WITHIN IT AND THE BUSINESS
The Rise of the
Cloud Security Professional
An Emerging Voice Within IT and the Business
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Executive Summary
he growing sophistication a strong
and symbol
prevalence
of cloud
of its amorphous and ever-expanding
the way it seems to hover above us,
technology is giving rise to nature,
a illustrates
new
type
of down IT to wherever
specialist:
allowing
information
to be pulled
we happen to be. However, there is a parallel and less
the Certified Cloud Security
Professional
(CCSP).
This is
comfortable
analogy that IT security
professionals know
only too well, and that anyone who has ever flown in a
an individual with demonstrated plane experience
and
has also experienced literally.
This competence
is the sensation of
flying headlong into an actual cloud, in which visibility is
in information security and cloud zero, computing,
parlays
that
and where you find yourself who
hurtling headlong
into
the unknown at 600 miles an hour. This, in a way, is what
cloud security specialists
face every day and, so too, that
do the
background into an advanced vocational
designation
rest of us, traveling ever forward into seemingly
Increasingly, this type of person is needed in the
misty nothingness. knowledge required to
delivers
both
the
practical
and strategic
boardroom,
and not
just in front
of a computer screen.
The use of cloud technology is central to every aspect
the cloud is
a never-ending
ever-
of
a
company’s
existence,
and
the
strategy
to
deploy
it
help organisations benefit from Security
the inside
power
of
cloud and computing
growing challenge. Those in charge must be a special
effectively requires a clear and experienced voice.
breed:
technically
competent,
eternally
curious,
ruthlessly
while This
keeping
sensitive data secure.
organized, and politically aware. This is a tall order,
paper looks at the relationship between IT and the
The growing sophistication and prevalence of cloud
technology is giving rise to a new type of IT specialist:
the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP). This
is an individual with demonstrated experience and
competence in information security and cloud computing,
who parlays that background into an advanced vocational
designation that delivers both the practical and strategic
knowledge required to help organizations benefit from
the power of cloud computing while keeping sensitive
data secure.
C-suite, and through case studies and a discussion of the
role of risk in corporate management, requires a role for
the CCSP as a key player on the strategic forefront of a
company’s life.
since the tradition of IT has always been something of a
mysterious back-office operation. In many companies,
for many years, the IT department, and the security
organization in particular, was looked upon as something
of a hindrance – something that got in the way and which
held an obscure position within the corporate hierarchy.
Increasingly, this type of person is needed in the boardroom,
and not just in front of a computer screen.
Cloud Security and the C-Suite
The use of the term “cloud” to describe the global
collection of interconnected servers and computers as
The use of cloud technology is central to every aspect of a
company’s existence, and the strategy to deploy it effectively
requires a clear and experienced voice.
This paper looks at the relationship between IT and the
C-suite, and through case studies and a discussion of the role
of risk in corporate management, requires a role for the CCSP
as a key player on the strategic forefront of a company’s life.
Cloud Security and the C-Suite
The use of the term ‘cloud’ to describe the global collection of
interconnected servers and computers as a strong symbol of
its amorphous and ever-expanding nature, illustrates the way
it seems to hover above us, allowing information to be pulled
down to wherever we happen to be. However, there is a parallel
and less comfortable analogy that IT security professionals
know only too well, and that anyone who has ever flown in
a plane has also experienced literally. This is the sensation
of flying headlong into an actual cloud, in which visibility is
zero, and where you find yourself hurtling headlong into the
unknown at 600 miles an hour. This, in a way, is what cloud
security specialists face every day and, so too, do the rest of us,
traveling ever forward into seemingly misty nothingness.
Security inside the cloud is a never-ending and ever-growing
challenge. Those in charge must be a special breed:
technically competent, eternally curious, ruthlessly organized,
and politically aware. This is a tall order, since the tradition
of IT has always been something of a mysterious back-
office operation. In many companies, for many years, the IT
department, and the security organization in particular, was
looked upon as something of a hindrance – something that
got in the way and which held an obscure position within the
corporate hierarchy. n
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