The 9 Most Dangerous Cloud Security Threats

The Notorious Nine

The Cloud Security Alliance, a nonprofit industry group that promotes best practices for cloud security, recently updated its list of top threats to cloud computing in a report, "The Notorious Nine: Cloud Computing Top Threats in 2013." The report, according to the CSA, reflects expert consensus about the most significant threats to cloud security and focuses on threats that are specifically related to the shared, on-demand nature of cloud computing.

Released Monday, the study is intended to help both cloud users and providers with their risk mitigation strategies. Continue on to see the group's findings.

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