There's no reason it has to be undefined and unverifiable, though. A good cloud service provider can provide this.
I'm reminded of folks who refuse to order anything online because they don't think it's secure enough, when in reality one's credit card information is more at risk in the physical world (e.g., when the waiter walks off with your card to charge your meal). Provisions for security do need to be made when jumping into the cloud, of course. But security doesn't present an insurmountable obstacle. As someone else mentioned, reputable service providers are just as concerned about the protection of their customers' data as their customers are. The service providers know full well that a breach will spell disaster for them. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District 318 North Clark Street Perry, FL 32347 www.taylor.k12.fl.us -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 9:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cloud computing... your opinions And that, in a nutshell, is one of my problems with it. The other is the lack of defined, verifiable security for separation of data and processes between entities. I'm sure there are other problems - cloud computing gives me the galloping willies. Kurt NOTICE: Florida has a broad public records law. Most written communications to or from this entity are public records that will be disclosed to the public and the media upon request. E-mail communications may be subject to public disclosure. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
