Virtualizing Away Risk to the Cloud
8:30am - 9:15am
Room: 114

Description: Companies are increasingly looking to Cloud Computing to improve operational efficiency and enhance the bottom line. But security and privacy concerns present a strong barrier to entry or are simply ignored. This session will explore risk management hype vs. reality of the cloud and discuss key aspects for consideration when moving to cloud-based solutions.


Ben Halpert
Director, IT Risk Management & Compliance
McKesson Corporation

Ben is an award-winning author of several books for wildly divergent audiences. The Savvy Cyber Kids At Home: The Family Gets A Computer (October, 2010) is a picture book which teaches the concepts online safety and privacy to preschool age children. The Savvy Cyber Kids At Home: The Defeat of the Cyber Bully (October, 2011) teaches our children how to appropriately respond to a cyber bully before they start playing in the virtual world. For those in the business field, Ben has published Auditing Cloud Computing: A Security and Privacy Guide (July 2011) through John Wiley & Sons.



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