Cloud – Not Just Another Buzzword Anymore

What are the sure signs that a category is no longer just a buzzword? 1 – Thought leaders in the space form organizations dedicated to it; 2 – Mainstream writers take it on as a beat.

Just this week Network World writer Tim Greene announced he’d be switching his newsletter focus to Cloud Security. In yesterday’s NAC newsletter, at the end he wrote: Not so for this NAC newsletter. Starting next week it becomes the Cloud Security newsletter, addressing security of cloud services as well as cloud-based security services.

Also this week, a number of thought leaders, with corporate backing, announced the formation of the Cloud Security Alliance. Ellen Messmer did an informative piece on it in Network World: Cloud Security Alliance formed to promote best practices.

We already know from early looks at the hot RSA Conference topics this year that Cloud Security is going to be a barn burner, wrote Greg Masters in an SC Magazine article earlier this month:

“We have quite a few sessions lined up to discuss cloud computing,” says Tim Mather, vice president and chief security strategist for RSA Conferences. “From an excitement perspective, it’s probably the single hottest topic.”

I know a lot of us are looking forward to some final definitions with regard to the space and a more cohesive understanding of exactly what it means. Developments like these may start to provide some answers.

Posted by Joe Franscella