IT Pros Trust Open Frameworks and Clouds Over Third Parties

Despite claims made by their competitors, cloud service providers and open source frameworks are viewed as effective, according to surveys conducted by the Cloud Security Alliance.

Thirty-eight percent of the 452 IT and security professionals surveyed for  “Sensitive Data in the Cloud” said their organizations have an effective or highly effective method of handling risk management for cloud computing. The report, released in April, was commissioned by Anjuna, which is also a member of the Confidential Computing Consortium.

According to another alliance report, “Measuring Risk and Risk Governance,” 63% of the IT and security professionals surveyed in July and August 2021 believe open source risk management practices are effective — compared to 30% that feel that way about third-party vendor solutions. The report, released in June, was commissioned by Google.


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