The Double-Edged Sword of Public Cloud Security. In many ways, the public cloud is more secure than a traditional data center. Asset management, inventory, audit logging, two-factor access controls, connectivity redundancy, and firewalls are built into the cloud provider platform. Servers are easier to patch. And since implementations that are just a few years old are considered too old, there aren’t any forgotten boxes sitting in a dark corner with a note reading: “DO NOT TURN OFF.”
