Securing Cloud and Mobility

10Cursory Cloud Use Review

10.1 Overview

The objective of the cursory review is to provide a quick turnaround for assessing the numerous requests for cloud services and enforcing security standards on cloud use. Typically these reviews come to you when the business unit has already made its selection and is going through procurement to purchase the cloud service. It will be anxious to push its project forward; hence you need to create a format that can easily facilitate review and approval.

Some prerequisites to consider when processing the cloud use request form:

• Evaluate the data criticality section of the form and review posted corporate security policies regarding controls around the different data types and situations (e.g., public, ...