There’s no doubt about it: virtualization is the future. With promises of flexibility, ease of use, and lower costs, Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) and Virtualization have led IT toward the new outsourced computing model known as Cloud. The success of Software-as-a-service (SaaS) Cloud-based processes have fast become the next-generation SOA solutions for a number of today’s applications. The introduction of these approaches into the traditional enterprise has definite business advantages, but also some serious governance, compliance and security implications. This session will provide details on the impact of Cloud on information security and the data-centric solutions for specific use-cases.