Top five cloud computing security issues | 24 Apr 2009 | ComputerWeekly.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 18 Nov 09
  

  dmovshovitz

  Cloud security analyst quote

  • Google was forced to make an embarrassing apology in February when its Gmail service collapsed in Europe, while Salesforce.com is still smarting from a phishing attack in 2007 which duped a staff member into revealing passwords
  • "The richer the pot of data, the more cloud service providers need to do to protect it," says IDC research analyst David Bradshaw.
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  • • However, according to Datamonitor's Trifković, the cloud is still very much a new frontier with very little in the way of specific standards for security or data privacy. In many ways he says that cloud computing is in a similar position to where the recording industry found itself when it was trying to combat peer-to-peer file sharing with copyright laws created in the age of analogue.
    • IBM, Cisco, SAP, EMC and several other leading technology companies announced in late March that they had created an 'Open Cloud Manifesto' calling for more consistent security and monitoring of cloud services.
    • But the fact that neither Amazon.com, Google nor Salesforce.com agreed to take part suggests that broad industry consensus may be some way off. Microsoft also abstained, charging that IBM was forcing its agenda.
    • Currently in the process of trying to harmonise the data laws of its member states, the EU favours very strict protection of privacy, while in America laws such as the US Patriot Act invest government and other agencies with virtually limitless powers to access information including that belonging to companies.
    • Mimecast provides a comprehensive e-mail management service in the cloud for over 25,000 customers, including 40% of the top legal firms in the UK.
    • Customers benefit from advanced encryption that only they are able to decode, ensuring that Mimecast acts only as the custodian, rather than the controller of the data, offering companies concerned about privacy another layer of protection. Mimecast also gives customers the option of having their data stored in different jurisdictions.
• 27 Apr 09
  

  Darren Wallace

  Interesting article on the risks associated with cloud computing

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• 24 Apr 09
  

  Rich Hintz

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