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It will lead to the development and employment of very strict and well-defined access policies to data. It also will offer cloud providers the opportunity to offer managed services that help users protect, mitigate, and resolve cyber attacks that affect their websites and e-commerce sites. Further, managed mobility will let cloud providers furnish advanced security analytics to help users – big and smaller – understand their data-security situations better. System tiering of data applications for security purposes will grow in importance. Among other possibilities, this tiering will involve organizing, categorizing and classifying apps in three broad categories: most mission-critical, a bit less critical, and where the user can be without certain apps for several days without their recovery. This helps companies develop business continuity strategies, and it also helps them manage their costs and establish workload priorities. Cloud Security will be Key Issue in 2014 It’s obvious that data security in the cloud will gain much more attention in 2014 and beyond as no waning of attempted and successful data breaches is expected for the foreseeable future. This will prompt more security consulting as companies seek the best advice on what protective mechanisms to install and to employ. In addition, chief information officers, chief technology officers and chief information security officers will grow in stature and importance within their companies and organizations as senior management and boards of directors become more interested in IT security. 2014 promises to be a very active year on the cloud-computing security front. About The Author Jim DeMerlis is vice president, Managed Services Product Management, for SunGard Availability Services. To learn more about Jim, visit him online at: http://www.sungardas.com/Pages/default.aspx + % %! ! & , ! . !( %+ ' "! "#+% ' - + % !& , ! % '& % & %) *"% *