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Enterprise Cloud Risk Guide & Assessment Best PracticesSANTA FE, N.M., June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The Shared Assessments Program announces the release of two new program resources:
These resources have been developed to address the unique concerns and emerging best practice solutions for outsourcers around security and controls for cloud vendor use. Included are practical recommendations, questions to discuss with cloud providers, and lessons learned for control domains that are cloud-related. "Cloud is quickly becoming the de facto industry model for providing computing services. The Evaluating Cloud Risk for the Enterprise white paper enables enterprise organizations to build a cloud strategy and a scalable assessment program to manage their numerous cloud vendors," says Niall Browne, SVP Trust & Security, CSO at Domo, and Shared Assessments Program chair of the Enterprise white paper committee. The recommendations provided may be used in conjunction with Shared Assessments Program Tools and resources, or may be selected and incorporated into other types of audits or assessments of environments containing cloud elements, such as the AICPA Service Organization Control SOC) or Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE). Using these resources, risk professionals at all levels can gain a greater understanding of key issues as they plan and implement management programs for their own computing services and other critical enterprise functions in the cloud:
The benefits of applying these best practices to support critical enterprise activities include:
The updated Guide and companion paper are based on the combined experience of the hundreds of Shared Assessments members and peer organizations across all verticals who have successfully integrated cloud computing into their operations. We extend special thanks to the members of the Steering Committee who served as leads for the development of these two valuable program resources: Niall Browne, SVP Trust & Security, CSO, Domo for Evaluating Cloud Risk for the Enterprise, and Shawn Malone, Founder & CEO, Security Diligence, LLC for Assessment of Public Cloud Computing Vendors. For more information, visit: http://sharedassessments.org/understanding-evaluating-cloud-use-enterprise-wide/ About the Shared Assessments Program MEDIA CONTACT:
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