Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 54 | Page 43

FEATURE : CLOUD SECURITY
The complete picture
Once the audit to establish your baseline is complete , it ’ s now necessary to compare and contrast these in line with business context . This is where the value of a successful CIO comes to the fore , as the close connection between business technology and business priority is critical yet not often well aligned . managed . There may also be some preexisting plans to consolidate solutions . It ’ s safest not to assume those plans are still accurate and instead take a fresh view based on the information you have collated thus far .
Establishing the flow of information
Ishpreet Singh , Chief Information Officer , Qualys
The key elements to consider at this stage are the maturity level per cloud solution , the technical debt incurred over time and how this debt is currently
The third step in the process of simplifying the management of your cloud environments is to now go deeper to understand the flow of data around the
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