Three cybersecurity questions every organisation should ask their cloud service providers

For one month each year, companies and governments around the world participate in National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, raising awareness about the importance of IT security in our organisations and communities. As a new decade unfolds ahead of us it’s critical to remember that security awareness is not just a one-month endeavour. It’s a daily practice that needs to be omnipresent and deeply embedded within both organisations and the cloud providers they select.When choosing among the variety of cloud providers operating in today’s market, you want to make sure you’re asking the right questions about how they provide security for your data in the cloud. Be certain that your cloud provider not only secures your data, but also adheres to the specified compliance regulations they say they adhere to. A provider’s cloud-delivered systems and services should be compliant with both regulatory standards (global, regional, and industry-specific regulations) as well as obligations they specify in service-level agreements (SLAs).