There is still much speculation around the security and privacy implications of applications in the cloud. With speculation comes fear, and with fear come misinformation and myths. This panel session will address many of these myths and uncertainties about apps in the cloud. It will provide guidance for how businesses can evaluate cloud vendors from a security and privacy perspective, and will offer a glimpse into best practices to protects the data and the privacy of your users. Core topics to be addressed: - Centralized cloud governance model; - Achieving service availability with higher security at a lower cost level; - How security is built-in in cloud services; - Enabling data integrity, privacy and security for integrations; - Adopting cloud standards - Security and protection of IP and sensitive data in the cloud; - Enforcing data constraints on residency and privacy; - Making data available in reliable and secure way; - Getting high performance, while preserving security - Using big data to mitigate advanced persistent threats; - Solutions for cross firewall collaboration.