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APPENDIX

INFORMATIONWEEK

ANALYTICS,

JUNE 2009

The major factors when weighing risks are the criticality of the
business processes that might be affected by the technology,
the sensitivity of the data being moved or accessed, cost, the
visibility you have into the provider’s controls and your orga-

nization’s risk appetite.
Simply put, when it comes to integrating a cloud-based
technology, the higher the criticality of the business process,
the greater the sensitivity of the data involved, and the less

Excerpted from Navigating the Storm: Governance, Risk and Compliance in the Cloud by
Greg Shipley, chief technology officer for Chicago-based information security con-
sultancy Neohapsis.

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