Yes, please do! On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Raper, Jonathan - Eagle < [email protected]> wrote:
> Please share! > > Jonathan L. Raper, A+, MCSA, MCSE > Technology Coordinator > Eagle Physicians & Associates, PA > [email protected] > www.eaglemds.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 12:56 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: domain controller in the cloud??? > > I have a slide deck written for ISACA NE that I can share if you want it to > review the issues with moving to the cloud, which should give you talking > points. > > Z > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 12:51 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: domain controller in the cloud??? > > There is a lot of things you need to look at if and when moving your > resources to the cloud. Just because a member of your board says moving to > the cloud is the way to go, doesn't make it so. > > There are a lot of things to consider: > > 1) Availability ( of your resources) and of the cloud provider ( needs to > be put in SLA) ( what happens when a major Internet ISP or link goes down > which affects your availability? ( Is it the fault of the cloud provider? ( > Not really, but the customer might not be able to get to their systems, > which means availability is not assured) > 2) Data Management ( of your servers) and encryption ( needs to be put in > SLA) > 3) Right to Audit ( of their processes) ( don't take a SAS 70 or SSAE 16 > part 1/2, for face value) > 4) Compliance ( Legal requirements) ( Most auditors don't know how to audit > systems in the cloud, so how are you going to stay compliant? ( try PCI DSS > for example) > 5) How do you get your data and systems out of the cloud if you have to > terminate your contract with the cloud provider, or want to move to another > cloud provider? > 6) Vetting process of the cloud provider when hiring staff that has access > to your systems and data? And probably a lot of others also? ( You don't > know this, and they aren't going to tell you either in most cases) > > Just food for thought, but again its all about risk, and how much you are > willing to take, that and giving up control. > > Z > > > Edward E. Ziots > CISSP, Network +, Security + > Network Engineer > Lifespan Organization > Email:[email protected] <email%[email protected]> > Cell:401-639-3505 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: techconnect [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 11:44 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: domain controller in the cloud??? > > We are a private k-8 school and we have a board member who is telling us > that we should not buy any new servers to replace the current ones, he says > everything is moving to the cloud and so should our stuff(user folders, > authenication AD win 2003 R2 and Exchange 2003 is what we're using, they > want to move to gmail but there's no central management there I know of,and > offsite backups only.) We have about 350-400 students and faculty and they > want to be on the bandwagon to the cloud I think without understanding > everything about it(I'm not entirely clear either) and was looking for > thoughts and opinions or resources. > > Thanks, > Jason > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > Any medical information contained in this electronic message is > CONFIDENTIAL and privileged. 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