Information Security Handbook

Data access

Cloud computing provides a wide array of mechanisms for data to be accessed. Understanding the following questions from business requirements and technical implementation perspective will help to ensure a cloud computing environment that meets your user and information security requirements:

• How will your organization's data be utilized?
• Who will be accessing the data?
• What controls need to be in place to protect the data?

Some questions to consider related to data access include:

• How will your organization's information be utilized?
  • This goes back to understanding the needs of your business/mission and performing the necessary data categorization activities
  • Understanding your organization's data and its sensitivity to the ...