IBM Global Technology Services

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Security strategy
roadmap for cloud
computing
Augment your cloud computing strategy with a
sound security approach

Highlights

Guides you through the security and

privacy concerns of your unique cloud
initiative

Helps identify and prioritize cloud computing scenarios for your specific security requirements and business needs

Leverages IBM expertise to help assess

your risks and develop a high-level
roadmap for risk mitigation

Are security and privacy risk concerns inhibiting you from adopting or
providing cloud services? Do you have a clear understanding of the
various security and privacy risks associated with cloud computing? Is
it a challenge to optimize your security spending while taking complete
advantage of your cloud initiatives? Does your organization lack a
sound security strategy that aligns with your corporate or customer
security requirements?
IBM Professional Security Services Cloud Computing cloud security
consulting cloud security strategy roadmap is designed to help you
understand, establish and outline the steps for realizing the security
goals in relation to your cloud computing strategy. Our security experts
in the area of cloud computing guide you through onsite work sessions
and discussions that can help determine your cloud computing initiative and goals, identify associated security and privacy risks, determine
appropriate risk mitigation strategies and provide a high-level security
strategy roadmap for successfully achieving your cloud security needs.

Providing guidance around your cloud security

and privacy concerns
Our onsite working session will begin with discussions on cloud computing and the associated security and privacy concerns. IBM subject
matter experts help you consider security risks that apply to subscribers
and providers of various cloud solutions and assess the risks that are
applicable to your cloud initiative.

Determining the cloud scenarios that best

meet your business needs
Throughout the engagement, we work with your key personnel to
understand your specic cloud initiatives and outline associated cloud
deployment scenarios. Security risks for each scenario are discussed in

relation to identied legal, regulatory and security requirements.

Known or required subscriber and provider side controls are outlined
to enable the team to identify remaining gaps.

Leveraging IBM expertise to provide a highlevel roadmap

After determining the high-priority workloads, our cloud and security
experts collaborate with you to establish the risk mitigation steps and
strategies for effective cloud migration. We work with you to ensure
that the identied risk mitigation strategies are in line with your security objectives and business needs. The discussions, decisions and
actions from the working session are documented as a result of the
engagement, along with the high-level security strategy roadmap for
your cloud initiative.

Why IBM?
IBM has extensive expertise in delivering cloud computing and security
solutions to organizations across multiple industries. Our breadth of
services and products related to security and cloud computing enables
us to provide a more comprehensive approach that is based on timetested methodologies and best practices. Our recognition as a thought
leader with a large base of intellectual capital around security best
practices is backed by the capability to deliver end-to-end solutions for
enterprises of virtually any size or scope.

For more information

To learn more about the IBM Professional Security Services Cloud
Computing cloud security consulting cloud security strategy
roadmap, please contact your IBM marketing representative
or IBM Business Partner, or visit the following website:
ibm.com/services/security

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