Despite the appeal of rapid deployment and several economic benefits, new data depicts IT managers as remaining cautious of the cloud computing.
Nearly half of 1,800 IT professionals polled as part of the first ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer survey said that the cloud’s potential risks still outweigh its benefits. The survey also revealed that only 10 percent plan to use cloud computing for mission-critical IT services while 25 percent won’t use the cloud for any IT services.
“The cloud represents a major change in how computing resources will be utilized, so it’s not surprising that IT professionals have concerns about risk vs. reward trade-offs,” according to Robert Stroud, international vice president of ISACA and vice president of IT service management and governance at CA.
“But risk and value are two sides of the same coin,” he continued. “If cloud computing is treated as a major governance initiative involving a broad set of stakeholders, it has the potential to yield benefits that can equal or outweigh the risks.”