Force 5: Government and Industry Regulations
Regulatory authorities are still trying to catch up with cloud computing let alone the revolution that business digitalization is causing as there is no longer a data center to audit or a firewall log to review.
Cloud Impact on Regulations
As the cloud reduces physical perimeters for organizations, the cloud also reduces and blurs the digital divide between countries and nations. For many organizations, knowing where their data is located should be a fundamental requirement, yet for many, it’s not always obvious. Responding to a government or a regulator request that our data “is in the cloud” is not perhaps the correct response. Instead, the regulator has made it clear in recent data protection law revisions, such as the EU GDPR, that organizations must know where their data is located. It is a legal requirement and as we see updated regulations introduced across the globe, this requirement will be mandatory for most organizations.
Geolocation Impact on Regulations
Not only is geolocation of the data a requirement but also an understanding of why the organization has t