Info-Tech Research Group has released a new research blueprint to help organizations plan the components necessary to build a cloud security architecture. The cloud comprises five key elements, all of which need to be present for a service to be counted as a cloud service. The NIST approach to cloud security is to include everything security-related into a cloud architecture to be deemed “secure” The challenge for IT security professionals is enabling access to the features and capabilities that cloud services can provide without putting the organization at undue risk.”]