The rapid growth of cloud services is an indication that companies and government agencies are anxious to quickly deploy new cloud-based applications that can make their workers more collaborative, mobile, and productive; thus, making the delivery of public service more effective and efficient. However, as sensitive government data moves beyond the firewall, IT organizations are understandably unsure about their ability to continue enforcing the security and compliance policies they utilize for data stored on premises. 

Therefore, transition from providing business technology services using on-premise servers and software to Software, Infrastructure, and/or Platform as a Service can be intimidating despite the rewards, because of the confusion as to what the cloud service provider (CSP) and their government customer is responsible for doing.  Derrick will share a practical cloud implementation strategy, use cases for each, first hand lessons learned, and provide a guide for how to secure each during adoption.