Cloud security roadmap essential for healthcare as off-site threats persist

The onset of cloud computing brought with it an information technology revolution, allowing organizations to have their IT resources hosted off site, reducing their costs and simplifying operations. Unfortunately, the move to the cloud did not mean organizations could forget about requirements for a successful security profile. Healthcare organizations making the move to a cloud-centric strategy can't lower their guard on security defenses, said Chris Bowen, founder and chief privacy and security officer of ClearDATA, a healthcare cloud computing company. "People may think that by offloading security responsibility to the cloud, they won't have to worry, but that's not the case," Bowen said. "We know that threats exist in the cloud."