The RSA Conference invited several guest speakers to talk about a variety of topics surrounding cloud computing, including security, value propositions and cost savings to consumers and IT departments which want to reduce costs of information storage. Guests offered various views on scalability, security risks and efficiency models that indicate that there are significant value added services that can reduce IT costs dramatically.

For consumers, the decisions of IT services used by various sized businesses convinced into using cloud computing affects how cloud information and products are used, and how the vendor manages and protects information that potentially exposes you to events beyond your control. Businesses recognize these potential risks and are aware of impacts they may bring upon themselves if cloud computing services are vulnerable.

The evidence is clear - networks are hacked into everyday. Credit card information, transaction records, bank account information, personal identification records, etc. are retrieved through network intrusions regardless if they are stored in managed private networks or outsourced to public cloud based providers. So what makes sense to implement?

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Source: government.zdnet.com
By: Doug Hanchard

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