BANGALORE, INDIA:
 
Interview with Ravi Shankar, CEO, Nevales Networks:

Q: When a customer moves to a cloud computing service, on who does the onus of providing security for the data assets fall?

Ravi Shankar: The onus of securing the data will always rest on the customer. While cloud service providers do take reasonable precautions to make sure their services are secure, they can’t give a fool-proof security blanket to the companies who avail of their services. But since ultimately it is the customer’s data, they should take the initiative of ensuring that the transmission of data to and fro the cloud service provider is in their control and secure.

Q: Can a cloud be made completely secure? If yes, how?

Ravi Shankar: I don’t think any service can ever be completely secure, including cloud. Today, people use Google Mail for their communication needs and while it is reasonably safe, one can’t vouch for the fact that it is infallible. By extension all other applications, existing and evolving, will have some backdoors for hackers to destabilize the service. No service provider can ever claim that they have plugged all these loops.

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Q: What according to you are compelling reasons for customers, especially SMB organizations, to move to cloud services? What are the value propositions of a cloud to a SMB organization?

Ravi Shankar: It is just a matter of time before SMB customers move to the cloud. And the reason behind this is simple economics. Soon, all the applications from the cloud will be available at very economical prices, which will compel SMB customers to opt for them.
Add to this, SMBs will also be alleviated of the management of these applications, as the service providers will oversee this. These are the two compelling reasons for SMBs to opt for cloud.

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Q: How is Nevales trying to offer security to their customers who might be considering moving to the cloud?

Ravi Shankar: Nevales offers security to SMB customers with its solutions where it acts as the gatekeeper for their data flow. This means that while we do not offer any cloud-based security services, we ensure that malevolent data is not transmitted into our customer’s network.

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