Orange Business Services Joins Cloud Security Alliance

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orange Business Services has joined the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) as a corporate member to lend its global expertise to promoting best practices for security within cloud computing.
 
As a corporate member of the alliance, Orange Business Services will participate in the solution provider advisory council by providing solution provider guidance into CSA strategic initiatives. The company will also participate in cloud computing education and research opportunities as well as awareness campaigns in order to facilitate a better understanding of cloud computing security threats and to explore best practices for cloud service providers and users. Orange Business Services will help define a cloud-oriented certification and contribute to the governance, risk management and compliance working group, specifically on the cloud audit theme. Orange Business Services will be active in the creation of the CSA Telecommunication Working Group and will cover topics such as implementation and interoperability, as well as a security certification scheme. In addition, Orange Business Services will contribute to the French chapter initiative.

Jim Reavis, executive director, Cloud Security Alliance, said: “Orange Business Services is a global leader with comprehensive capabilities to both provide cloud computing services and deliver those services to the customer via sophisticated communications infrastructure. We look forward to collaborating with Orange to help define the needed trust and safety requirements for the next generation of computing.”

Alex Rigaldo, cloud computing chief of operations, Orange Business Services: “Becoming a corporate member of the Cloud Security Alliance is another step in the maturation of our cloud computing program. As announced last month, Orange Business Services is successfully delivering on its promise and creating notable momentum in the cloud computing market. By working with the Cloud Security Alliance and contributing also to the French chapter, we will be able to affect change in security best practices for the cloud computing market which will ultimately benefit our global customers that are looking for enterprise-grade cloud computing solutions.”

Orange Business Services has confirmed its cloud computing ambition and strategy as part of its conquests 2015 program. Cloud computing is one of the key growth drivers defined by Orange Business Services in line with its five-year plan and the company aims to generate 500 million euros on cloud computing in 2015.

The ambition of Orange Business Services is to make it easy for customers to access the IT resources they need by providing a one-stop-shop for a range of cloud computing services. By taking an integrated approach, Orange Business Services can deliver network and IT with end-to-end service level commitments.

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