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Compliance and Security: The Real Drivers of Cloud, IoT, and AI Outsourcing and Performance
In 2018, the shifting emphasis to IoT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) and automation seem to overshadow cloud; yet, I believe it is just the opposite. A recently published industry survey shows that by 2020, the use of public cloud will grow dramatically. Business goals related to actively adopting AI, IoT and machine learning strategies are prompting IT teams to consider outsourced cloud and cloud experts to move faster than competitors. The formats and pilots incorporating these technologies can be seen across multiple markets and segments including government, retail, and industrial bases. The use of AI, VR, and IoT is also driving the technology, compliance and cybersecurity markets necessary to support these innnovations. For example, nowadays there are a number of automotive, entertainment and digital marketing companies with dedicated cyber teams.
Although the new hot-button terms are IoT, AI, and VR, the reality is that these applications are dependent on mobile gateways and extended infrastructures that are cloud-based. New entrants to the marketplace could not exist without cloud and the tsunami of innovations are absolutely dependent upon new applications and redefined cybersecurity and operational compliance.
With all these changes taking effect, we are seeing the extended liabilities of the cloud supply chain. Although in many instances, cloud infrastructure provides greater management of cyber risks, the opposite may be true related to the expanded threat surface of due diligence. Recent awareness of Meltdown and Spectre flaws in Intel, AMD and ARM provided a renewed focus on more than just encryption.
While the implications of privacy and responsibility for data flow through known and unknown cloud applications (infrastructure through SaaS) places data owners at risk for privacy, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), controlled unclassified information (CUI) and the implications of the Draft Guidance in NIST SP 800-53, Rev. 5. Updated NIST guidance in Rev. 5 provides a challenging environment wherein attributes and privacy consent are directly linked to data flow and information risk management.
This article details the next steps for meeting compliance.
Balancing Innovation and Compliance
Balancing the risks and rewards of innovation and compliance means incorporating known FTC precedence, CUI/DFARS, FedRAMP, and European Union's GDPR requirements. New technologies are entering the field as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) to address IoT, Cloud, VR and AI in a more automated fashion. Consistent with containerization and microservices as well as other rapid cloud development, an automated compliance strategies may make sense.
For many corporate leaders, before an executive decision is made to automate compliance, it may be better for leaders to acquaint themselves with the standards and what might constitute due diligence and risk reduction in liabilities at the business level. Revenue derived from innovation is always balanced by the financial liabilities or lost revenue of privacy or compliance violations.
FedRAMP and CUI have generated standard requirements, PII and GDPR are specific about actions to be taken, and FTC and FCC claims for consumers, translate into a complicated and complex path to meeting compliance. For some, the cloud apps and capabilities will improve their overall security posture. For others, cloud applications and the extended services of automation and IoT we see today, will drive complications.
Although there is no shortcut to compliance and due diligence, there are three keys to present to organizational executives or to take as a technology leader:
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Understand your boundaries and data. Boundaries in the cloud are considerably different than information and data held by the company. The contractual, managerial, and technical services internal to and external to the organization may cross corporate and customer needs. The risks related to third parties and the supply chain means understanding the data handoffs between systems. When attacks occur, can you understand the risks related to where the data meets your architecture/cloud services under contract? Ongoing review may find that different elements of data are at different stages within and external to your boundaries.
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Implement technical enforcement. Automated technical enforcement of security is a force multiplier. As IoT and AI provide non-stop data collection and sharing, only automated technical capabilities will be able to alert, audit, management and report on the more commonplace functions of the digital world. Through continuous technical management, dynamic assessments and reprioritization of complex multi-tiered applications becomes possible. In some instances, adapting technologies may create more competitive knowledge for your organization.
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Document Data Risks. Understanding the boundaries of the system used for business data and the technical protections are the first and second steps. However, knowing the risks and the risk tolerance is the final step in determining value of the data and the liabilities that could affect the business/organization. The ability to translate the risks into a plan of actions serves to demonstrate due diligence and prudence. Risk documentation helps to prioritize at the executive and operational levels which responses should and shouldn't be prioritized.
Looking ahead, current and active compliance mandates such as CUI/DFARS, Privacy, and FedRAMP will likely drive how companies approach their pilot steps into AI, IoT, AR, VR and automation. Emerging tools and solutions offer an advantage for compliance if the enterprise perspective is visible. Small and medium businesses (SMBs) often bear a greater burden to demonstrate compliance. The real burden is crafting the right cloud solution at the right cost to meet the requirements even as they evolve.
Business leaders and technologists should remain focused on cloud as a method to integrate and address the challenges of innovation and compliance in their go-to-market/lead-the-market strategies. Like other forms of cloud computing, the convenience and cost may be more manageable.
Don't be afraid to cloud hop to get the solution or services you need. Stay Nimble Cloud Lover.
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