"You can look at cloud solutions as a smorgasbord. For each feature that you implement, you have to understand the risk AND the benefit of each of these decisions."

GBD78 October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month in the USA and Cybersecurity Month in the EU. That's why we're focusing this month's episodes on data-defence, privacy and effective protection against online attacks. Starting us off, an in-depth look at the benefits of moving one's business to the cloud. L. Martin Capuder of Florida-based ConsultantC is one of the best qualified experts around, and he explains to AICPA & CIMA's Kyle Hannan how risk-management, effective internal controls, and security-implementation can ensure a successful migration to the 'cloud'.

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* The value of internal controls.

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Lawrence "Martin" Capuder is managing director of ConsultantC. Services, specializing in secure cloud and certification preparatory workshops, solutions consulting, implementation project management and other custom training. ConsultantC is a Registered Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network and an authorized training partner for Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), ISACA and CompTiA. Overall, he has over 25 years' experience in IT audit, security & controls consulting and Federal banking examinations; this includes a decade of overseas projects and another as an expatriate employee for the world's largest company. His professional designations include the CISA, CIA, AWS-CCP, CCSK, CFE, CAMS, CPA, CSCP.

In addition to being a technical subject matter expert for the Association of International CPAs (AICPA), Martin has spoken at conferences and professional meetings on four continents and has published over three dozen professional journal articles. He currently serves on the local boards of CSA, Keiser University Accounting and Business Advisory Board and the Private Directors Association, as well as being an active member of the CSA's Cloud Control Matrix Working Group. Connect with him on LinkedIn.

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