When you’re looking for a cloud solution for your business, you want a high-quality offering. It needs to be strong and fast enough to support the needs of your business, but it also needs to have real cybersecurity that will prevent a range of threats from reaching your business’s important data, shutting down your ability to operate, and more. Knowing how to spot a fake cloud solution can help keep your business safe. If you notice any of these key signs as you’re examining a new cloud solution, it may be a danger to your business.
Five Red Flags of a Fake Cloud Solution
They’re not doing third-party vulnerability testing.
You need a cloud solution that’s regularly checking to make sure that it’s as secure as possible–ideally on an ongoing basis. When you trust your business to a cloud solution, you’re also trusting that they’ve taken the steps necessary to secure your business. Make sure they’re doing third-party vulnerability testing that will expose any potential problems as soon as they crop up.
They’re making claims you know their offering can’t really support.
Perhaps they’re claiming to run the newest version of a software that hasn’t been updated for years. Maybe they’re using a server solution that can’t offer the up-time they claim to be able to offer. Whatever the case, you need to know when the promises made by a cloud solution are too good to be true. Here’s a hint: if they’re “better” than everyone else in the market, but you’ve noticed that few people seem to be using them, it’s likely that they’re making false claims.
The cloud solution seems incredibly complex to use.
Many fake vendors offer solutions that look great up front, but when you start getting into the nuts and bolts of everyday use, are increasingly complicated. Most genuine cloud solutions want to make things as easy for your business as possible–so if you’re finding yourself utterly confused by what you’re being asked to do to use the system, you may dealing with a fake cloud solution.
They’re running too many versions for you to keep up with.
A contact with customer service starts with a query about the version that you’re running. This is a red flag for several reasons. First, if everyone is using a different version, it’s impossible for customers to collaborate and learn more about the system–something that genuine cloud providers try to avoid. Second, it implies that people aren’t updating their systems to the latest version for some reason.
The company isn’t innovating.
Real cloud companies are coming up with new innovations as fast as the industry can support them–and they’re doing it smoothly. Their programmers have the ability to focus on a single platform, creating new code and new opportunities for their customers on an ongoing basis. When you’re dealing with a fake cloud, however, you’ll find that the process isn’t nearly as smooth–and in fact, innovation may have stopped altogether.
It’s incredibly frustrating to think that you’ve found the ideal cloud solution for your business, only to discover that you’re dealing with a fake cloud platform instead. Worse, however, is choosing to migrate to that platform, only to discover that it’s not providing you with the security your business so desperately needs. By learning how to spot fake cloud providers, you’ll be able to save your business time and money–not to mention protecting your data and ensuring that your business has the security it needs. If you’re ready to learn more about genuine cloud offerings that will strengthen your business instead of making it more difficult for you to keep things secure, contact us today.
Michael Durante spent his teenage years into his early 20s climbing the ladder in a branch of a successful banking firm, starting as a teller and ending as a Sr. Branch Manager within 6 years. In 2003, he left the banking world to join his father and create TIE National, a telecom company 60 years in the making. Together, they grew the company from a two-man operation solely working on telephones to a multi-million dollar international business with employees in over a dozen states, covering everything from phone systems to cloud products and computer systems. You can find Michael on LinkedIn.
