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Cloud Usage in the Financial Services Sector
Cloud Usage in the Financial Services Sector

Cloud Usage in the Financial Services Sector

Release Date: 02/21/2020

This survey analyzes the level of adoption of cloud solutions and requirements from financial institutions’ perspectives. The study analyzed the cloud usage of financial institutions across three main areas of interest: security concerns, regulatory requirements, and governance aspects.
This survey was created and completed by members of the Financial Services Stakeholders Platform, a CSA working group whose main objective is to identify and share the challenges, risks and best practices for the development, deployment and management of secure cloud services in the financial services industry.

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Key Takeaways:
  • Current cloud usage
  • Key cloud concerns and challenges
  • Technical controls: key management
  • Risk management: policy, assessment & talent risk
  • Threat monitoring
  • Cloud sourcing
  • Backout plans
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