Don’t Be Seduced Just Yet
I had a co-worker ask me yesterday what my opinion on “cloud computing” is, and whether it should be something they could recommend to clients. He had seen announcements about cloud computing from...
View Article“Cloud Computing” Redux
I know I keep harping on this “new” concept. The only “new” thing about it is the marketing around the name. It’s still off-site data storage and third-party management of corporate hardware and data....
View ArticleWatching Your Data Evaporate in the Cloud
“Cloud” computing continues to beat the drum of “cutting costs.” Although I must say that I am hard put to differentiate between “cloud computing” and data centers that host hardware, the emphasis...
View ArticleStorm Clouds Ahead
It seems like every big vendor is pushing for business to “use the cloud.” Only now are we starting to see some questions arise in the general media about how secure cloud computing is. The short...
View ArticleWho REALLY Owns Your Data
I had an up-close-and-personal experience today of “cloud computing.” It’s worth thinking about. I had just finished reading Bruce Schneier’s essay on cloud computing, (which is a great read, by the...
View ArticleA Not-So-Great Use of Cloud Computing
As I’m sure you know, I’m not yet a big fan of “cloud computing,” known by various acronyms. I have yet to see a really comprehensive approach to audit and security. Ultimately, you don’t know where...
View ArticleJust in Time for the Holidays…..
There are a bunch of year end studies coming out, predicting various sorts of rises and decreases in criminal activity on the Internet. (“cybercriminal” sounds way too glamorous for me.) So I thought...
View ArticleFirst Dance in the Cloud
Well, it finally happened: I got asked to audit information that is stored in a cloud by a third-party vendor. I’ve acquired the controls, such as password polices, presented in a browser to my client....
View ArticleWhere IS the Data, Exactly?
After a nice vacation in the north woods of Maine, I returned to the excitement of my first “cloud computing” audit event. In doing a SAS 70 for a client, I discovered that they had outsourced a new...
View ArticleFrom the Council of Gov’t CIOs to the Feds: Address the Risks of Cloud Computing
Last week the Chief Information Officers Council, a government body established by legislation in 1996, comes a Privacy Recommendations Paper from the Council to all government departments and...
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