Building private cloud in an on-premise data center is a
game changer. Private cloud basically implies the power of the on-demand
computing at disposal with complete flexibility when constructing technical
solution that’ll suit your specific application requirements. Private cloud
releases your dependence on the provider’s whims, allowing you to do the things
in your own way like storing your data locally or managing the compliance
easily. With this, you can be assured that you will enjoy big cost savings.
Nevertheless, private cloud comes with a unique set of
challenges. Adopting the private cloud exposes your organization to some risks,
some of these aren’t well-known. However, what are those risks and how these
can affect your decision to choose between public or private?
A lot of enterprises look to private cloud solutions as a
cure to perceived issues of cloud solutions, yet it is essential to know that a
private cloud utilizes the same infrastructure as a public cloud from the
commodity hardware, through to the virtualization with the use of hypervisors.
The problems that businesses face with public cloud are
security concerns and low visibility into activity and traffic. All of these
exist in private cloud, too. Nevertheless, while most of these problems are the
responsibility of the public cloud provider, once you go public, these become
your responsibility if you consider going private.
Public cloud providers, for whom cloud is considered as the
core business, are actually expected to have a skilled team of professionals to
run cloud technology and deal with the issues. It is also a fact that within
your data centers you’ll have more flexibility and power to solve the problems
essential to you. But to start with, you could face the same issues.
On public cloud, the responsibility for security is
basically shared between the cloud provider and the company consuming the cloud
solutions. Whatever happens in the virtual machine is your duty while the
physical hardware, cloud services, and virtualization are secured and managed
by the cloud vendor.
Private cloud may be less secure compared to a public cloud.
Providers of public cloud have years of experience as well as topnotch
expertise in security, and in a lot of cases, they’ll have fine-honed
strategies, tools, and techniques to secure different layers of cloud stack. It
is true that public cloud is a bigger target for most hackers, yet cloud
providers have knowledge and aware of the cloud security issues and the ways to
prevent them in which a private enterprise, you’ll need to learn.
Another point of issue is hybrid clouds, which is a growing
use case. The security in hybrid cloud is even more complicated. Once you shift
your workload from private to public cloud, how can you extend security from
private data center to public cloud? There would be inevitably a transition
from your internal security system to those that were offered on public cloud.
The apps and traffic in this transition are passed over from a system to
another. Yet, there’s a major risk of security lapse that could lead to
breaches and these are not easy to solve.
Nevertheless, private cloud comes with a unique set of
challenges. Adopting the private cloud exposes your organization to some risks,
some of these aren’t well-known. However, what are those risks and how these
can affect your decision to choose between public or private?
A lot of enterprises look to private cloud solutions as a
cure to perceived issues of cloud solutions, yet it is essential to know that a
private cloud utilizes the same infrastructure as a public cloud from the
commodity hardware, through to the virtualization with the use of hypervisors.
The problems that businesses face with public cloud are
security concerns and low visibility into activity and traffic. All of these
exist in private cloud, too. Nevertheless, while most of these problems are the
responsibility of the public cloud provider, once you go public, these become
your responsibility if you consider going private.
Public cloud providers, for whom cloud is considered as the
core business, are actually expected to have a skilled team of professionals to
run cloud technology and deal with the issues. It is also a fact that within
your data centers you’ll have more flexibility and power to solve the problems
essential to you. But to start with, you could face the same issues.
On public cloud, the responsibility for security is
basically shared between the cloud provider and the company consuming the cloud
solutions. Whatever happens in the virtual machine is your duty while the
physical hardware, cloud services, and virtualization are secured and managed
by the cloud vendor.
Private cloud may be less secure compared to a public cloud.
Providers of public cloud have years of experience as well as topnotch
expertise in security, and in a lot of cases, they’ll have fine-honed
strategies, tools, and techniques to secure different layers of cloud stack. It
is true that public cloud is a bigger target for most hackers, yet cloud
providers have knowledge and aware of the cloud security issues and the ways to
prevent them in which a private enterprise, you’ll need to learn.
Another point of issue is hybrid clouds, which is a growing
use case. The security in hybrid cloud is even more complicated. Once you shift
your workload from private to public cloud, how can you extend security from
private data center to public cloud? There would be inevitably a transition
from your internal security system to those that were offered on public cloud.
The apps and traffic in this transition are passed over from a system to
another. Yet, there’s a major risk of security lapse that could lead to
breaches and these are not easy to solve.
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