Speaking before his presentation at in Brisbane, Deloitte technology risk partner, Alastair Banks, said that all parties, including risk and audit staff, should be involved when deciding to investigate moving data or services into the Cloud.

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"Cloud is not going to be for everyone and that's why not every organisation will go down that path," he said. "They should be assessing it [Cloud] and considering if there is business benefit in it, than they can decide if the risks such as security and data privacy can be overcome to deliver those Cloud benefits."

He gave the example of an Australian organisation that Deloitte worked with that did not involve all the relevant parties, such as the chief information officer, in a Cloud implementation.

"The first time the CIO knew that a Cloud solution had been contracted by the organisation was when he was phoned by the Cloud provider saying that they needed connectivity to the network," he said.