Cloud storage must be regularly audited with a detailed inventory of your assets, their utilization, and retention plans.
IT compliance and audits tend to focus on on-premise environments and first-party managed storage, overlooking data housed in a remote location or by an external cloud vendor. This could cause non-compliance risks later on. Even if the data is stored by a public cloud vendor or a third-party MSP, enterprises must still take complete ownership of regulatory compliance around data privacy, compliance, and security. Cloud storage must be regularly audited with a detailed inventory of your assets, their utilization, and retention plans.