Most technologists agree that cloud is the most prominent infrastructure as a service in today’s marketplace. But there are still strategic issues around cloud security assurance. This keynote presentation provides insight into the experiences of several large enterprises as they made the journey into the cloud. Jerry Archer, founding board member of the Cloud Security Alliance, will discuss the challenges, opportunities and solutions to provide security assurance in the cloud, the problems that remain for the industry to solve and the efforts undertaken by Cloud Security Alliance to build the trusted cloud ecosystem.