The cloud has transformed how we work: We connect to resources from any device, from anywhere, via access that is fast, direct, and so reliable we take it for granted. But that attractive productivity ideal challenges IT leaders, who must enhance business agility, adopt cloud applications and infrastructure, and accommodate greater traffic volumes, all without compromising security.
Through interviews with 16 progressive IT leaders from industry, Secure Cloud Transformation reveals their transformation experience and journeys. They are CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and architects from organizations that are blazing new trails as they transition their IT operations to the cloud. In this first-hand anthology, they provide actionable guidance on what pitfalls to avoid and what steps to take for a smooth transition to the modern era of cloud computing.
Richard Stiennon is Chief Research Analyst for IT-Harvest, the firm he founded in 2005 to cover the 2,200 vendors that make up the IT security industry. He has presented on the topic of cybersecurity in 29 countries on six continents. He is a lecturer at Charles Sturt University in Australia. He is the author of Surviving Cyberwar (Government Institutes, 2010) and Washington Post Best Seller, There Will Be Cyberwar. He writes for Forbes, CSO Magazine, and The Analyst Syndicate. He is a member of the advisory board at the Information Governance Initiative and sits on the Responsible Recycling Technical Advisory Board, the standard for electronic waste. In previous roles Stiennon was Chief Strategy Officer for Blancco Technology Group, the Chief Marketing Officer for Fortinet, Inc. and VP Threat Research at Webroot Software. Prior to that he was VP Research at Gartner, Inc. He has a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and his MA in War in the Modern World from King’s College, London.
