As cyber threats continue to rise, more and more businesses can expect to see an increasing number of inquiries from prospective customers about their level of cybersecurity. These potential customers are coming with expectations about the security and confidentiality of their data as a prerequisite of doing business.
IT security and compliance can seem like buzzwords—and even worse, it can seem that no matter what you do with your computer systems, there’s always one more component that a vendor is trying to sell you. How can you make a reasonable investment today that will reap the greatest rewards in the future?
If you are not aware already, you need to make note of Microsoft’s Shared Responsibility Model when it comes to customer security responsibility. Microsoft (and SRS) want to make sure you understand your part of the deal as defined by Microsoft’s Shared Responsibility Agreement.
If you are a non-technical business executive, you may not know precisely HOW to properly protect your data and networks, but you have a keen awareness that it’s crucially important and that it will become more so in future. And, you are absolutely right!
Cloud computing and the shareholder value it delivers has been a key driver in the move to a “service-based” approach where you no longer need to make expensive investments in server hardware and the staff to manage it. This liberation has truly transformed the way executives and their IT staff think about how they design and deliver computing resources for their companies in today's untethered and global business environment.
