Cloud Computing Security: More Opportunity, Less Threat

If you follow the legal technology headlines you might have noticed that we've come full circle on cloud security. Rewind seven or so years, and mainstream cloud computing adoption was being thwarted by grave concerns about data security, data governance and data access. As the cloud became more pervasive in many industries globally, the legal market took note and slowly but surely more law firms went to the cloud. Thanks to persistent market education and the realization that cloud benefits ' such as flexibility, cost savings, mobility/accessibility and resource savings ' outweighed potential security issues, the legal cloud gained momentum. As security concerns became more pronounced and difficult to effectively address in-house, law firm CIOs and information governance leaders realized that reputable cloud providers were much better positioned to tackle security.