The Biggest Holdup to Cloud Computing

A lack of understanding of security risks is hampering cloud computing adoption. Virtual machine launched attacks, multi-tenancy risks and hypervisor vulnerabilities all challenge cloud computing security. Datamation looks at the five biggest overlooked threats to cloud computing.

Viruses, malware and phishing are however concerns, nevertheless issues like virtual-machine-launched attacks, multi-tenancy risks and hypervisor vulnerabilities will challenge even the most up-to-date security administrator. Here are 5 overlooked threats that could put your cloud computing efforts at risk.

The old New Yorker cartoon

Remember the old New Yorker cartoon: "on the Internet no one knows you're a dog"? So then, in the cloud, no one knows you're an SMB.