Compliance Challenges In Cloud Data Governance
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, April 29th, 2025
Adopting cloud computing allows organizations of all shapes and sizes to access data and collaborate in the most flexible ways imaginable. While it brings many benefits, it also brings along compliance issues in data governance, particularly when data crosses borders. Ensuring data is safe, private and organized is paramount.
The American Data Privacy Puzzle
The United States lacks a single, comprehensive federal data privacy law. Instead, cloud compliance is shaped by a complex patchwork of federal and state regulations that govern how data must be collected, stored, processed and protected.
At the federal level, the 1914 Federal Trade Commission Act addresses unfair or deceptive practices, including failures in data security. The Federal Information Security Modernization Act oversees the government and its cybersecurity vendors. It requires alignment with the FedRAMP for cloud services, creating a standardized security assessment and authorization approach.