At which point many people will have knee-jerk reactions and say, "AHA! The cloud is unsafe!"
As though one big incident is representative of inherent insecurity. As though companies that don't outsource services on "the cloud" don't have critical data leaked or sold on the open market. John Hornbuckle MIS Department Taylor County School District www.taylor.k12.fl.us<http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us> From: Jon Harris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 11:49 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Cloud Computing (Was: DNS Server service shuts down shortly after the DC boots) Most probably after some kind of critical data has been "leaked" or sold on the open market. Jon On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 7:46 AM, Carl Houseman <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Cloud computing is just the next version of "outsourcing". So how did outsourcing work out? Lately I'm hearing of companies insourcing jobs that didn't do so well when outsourced. Learning experience achieved, albeit at great expense. But will this new-found knowledge stick, and will it be applied to similar situations in the future? As I said, over-enthusiastic execs at some companies will see the cloud as a panacea for their problems and jump in before realizing it's not right for them. I don't know that predicting that future here will help to make some think twice, but I feel better for having said it. :) Carl 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/> ~
