Cloud Computing Provider Forms Security Advisory Panel to Bring Greater Level of Trust to Cloud Computing
(Berlin, Germany) ScaleUp Technologies, Europe’s leader in cloud-based data center infrastructure, today announced it has named Scott Sanchez, a recognized thought leader and frequent speaker on the topic of cloud computing security, as ScaleUp’s Privacy and Security Officer.
Company executives often recognize the business case of cloud computing and understand it can offer significant Return on Investment (ROI). However, companies that are considering moving to cloud-based infrastructure—whether private, public, or hybrid clouds– frequently report security and privacy issues as a major barrier. ScaleUp has addressed this issue by taking a top to bottom view of security across its offerings, which is an approach that will be further enhanced under Mr. Sanchez’ leadership. In addition, ScaleUp will be leveraging input from end users around privacy and security issues with the development of its Security Advisory Council, also led by Mr. Sanchez.Mr. Sanchez brings with him nearly 20 years of IT leadership experience managing global security and architecture programs at Goldman Sachs and Bristol-Myers Squibb. He earned his Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification in 2000 and serves as a member of both the U.S. Secret Service Electronic Crimes Task Force and the FBI InfraGard team.
Most recently, Mr. Sanchez served as director of the global Security Portfolio at Unisys Corporation, developing and delivering secure solutions for cloud and data center transformation.
According to Christoph Streit, CTO and co-founder of ScaleUp Technologies, “Since the adoption of cloud computing in Europe is still rather slow and many companies have doubts about the security of cloud computing, we decided to take the lead and showcase that cloud computing can be secure, if done correctly.” Mr Streit went on to add, “Scott Sanchez is a known thought leader in the area of cloud security and his experience, reputation and credentials are a great addition to the ScaleUp team. We expect he will add tremendous value for our clients and partners.”
As an early leader in cloud computing for growth companies in Europe, ScaleUp is forming a Security Advisory Panel, made up of customers and partners and led by Mr. Sanchez, to help guide the company’s security investments and focus. Mr. Sanchez and his team will also be available to assist customers with their security, privacy and risk concerns around cloud.
“ScaleUp has made security a key component of its product strategy, starting with the decision to use the innovative cloud computing and security features built into the 3Tera® AppLogic® platform from CA Technologies, and following through with additional security features across the entire ScaleUp cloud platform. As a security professional, walking into this type of security-from-the-ground-up environment allows me to focus my energy on supporting the future needs of our customers,” Mr. Sanchez said. “Our goal is for ScaleUp to form strong partnerships with our customers around security and privacy – offering the advice, solutions and transparency they need to safely embrace cloud computing.”
3Tera® AppLogic® from CA Technologies is an innovative solution for building cloud services and deploying complex enterprise-class applications to public and private clouds using an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI). 3Tera AppLogic enables enterprises and service providers to provision, deploy and scale public and private cloud computing environments while maintaining control, flexibility and reliability. To learn more about cloud offerings from CA Technologies, visit http://www.ca.com/cloud.
About ScaleUp
ScaleUp Technologies is a cloud computing provider offering ultra-flexible public cloud, private cloud and hybrid cloud infrastructures for growth companies. ScaleUp is based in Germany – focusing on the needs of German and European customers – and offers global infrastructure scaling through their ‘federated global cloud’ network. For more information please visit www.scaleupcloud.com
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