Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Security in the Cloud: Trustworthy Enough for Your Business?

  • tags: cloud security

    • Nonetheless, there are a number of reasons that many companies do not yet trust cloud computing. One problem is that “The Cloud” covers such a broad range of technologies – web-based storage, online applications, virtualization and so forth. Cloud services are often divided into three categories: Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS). Regardless of category, all cloud services have a common element: dependency on the Internet or in the case of internal/private clouds, at least on the LAN or corporate WAN. Without a network, the cloud is not possible. That brings up reliability issues in addition to the security concerns

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