Cloud computing — certainly a hot topic at the RSA conference held earlier this month in San Francisco — is in some ways being eclipsed by security and accountability concerns. Who owns the data? Who is answerable if the cloud fails? Who is responsible if a virtual machine holding data from a company under strict governance is parked next to one that is unregulated on the same physical server? Why does it seem so easy for hackers to attack data that’s online, and if a corporation’s data is in a cloud that’s hacked, who has to stand up and take the licking?
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Who's the Boss in Cloud Land?
Posted by: Richard Adhikari March 22, 2010 06:00 AMCloud computing — certainly a hot topic at the RSA conference held earlier this month in San Francisco — is in some ways being eclipsed by security and accountability concerns. Who owns the data? Who is answerable if the cloud fails? Who is responsible if a virtual machine holding data from a company under strict governance is parked next to one that is unregulated on the same physical server? Why does it seem so easy for hackers to attack data that’s online, and if a corporation’s data is in a cloud that’s hacked, who has to stand up and take the licking?