Google Enterprise Elevates Its Game with Security Certification
August 16, 2011
Google recently announced that both their Google Apps suite and their Google Apps engine have received SSAE-16 security certification. The certification could open a lot of new doors for Google in the world of enterprise. ZDNet provides coverage in, “Google App Engine Now Officially Secure.”
The certification process covers everything from physical security at the data center to making sure that only pre-cleared staff have access to customer data, to evaluating Google’s redundancy and incident reporting . . . And the bottom line to all this is that several enterprises require their cloud providers to be compliant with these standards – formerly SAS 70, and now SSAE-16. And this means that Google App Engine is open to a whole new customer base, with confidences bolstered by an authoritative second opinion.
While not a major deviation from their previous certification, the stamp of approval from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is good business. As data continues to grow exponentially on the web and on the cloud, security will continue to be the top priority. Continuing to redefine themselves in a way that gives them freedom to rely less on their famous search model, Google now has the security authority to venture into new realms.
Google does not seem particularly quick off the security launch pad in our opinion.
Emily Rae Aldridge, August 16, 2011
Sponsored by Pandia.com, publishers of The New Landscape of Enterprise Search
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