Army General Keith Alexander, commander of U.S. Cyber Command and director of the National Security Agency, was explaining why cloud computing is secure enough for the Department of Defense (DOD).
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Trend Micro started investing in the development of security for virtualized servers and cloud computing in 2007.
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Mr. KEVIN JACKSON (Government Contractor and Computer Security Expert): One aspect of cloud computing is actually knowing where information is.
Simply put, severely compromised host environments, the emergence of a mobile, socially networked world and cloud computing have created a set of security requirements that can only be met by solving the malicious host problem.
Create or enhance security and privacy polices around the use of cloud computing.
So how are we addressing both the technology and policy sides of cyber security to advance the global cloud computing opportunity?
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The potential risks associated with security, compliance, and availability of public cloud computing have dissuaded many CIOs from sending critical applications and data to the cloud.
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He is an active member of the Cloud Security Association, Jericho Forum, Cloud Computing Interoperability Forum (CCIF), Internet and Engineering Task Force (IETF), IEEE and the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF).
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Federal Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra, speaking at a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) event last May, said security, data portability and interoperability are key to the future success of cloud computing.
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Most of the concerns about cloud computing revolve around service up time, security and potential data loss.
All of these actions must be balanced against the increased risk to information security, particularly as it relates to cloud computing and mobile technologies.
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As the US Federal government moves quickly to adopt cloud computing, these and other attacks serve to highlight the implementation of new continuous monitoring security policies.
Do you fall into the group more concerned with security and privacy, more wary than enthusiastic about the potential benefits and likely pitfalls of an overly eager approach to cloud computing?
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If leaders of the U.S. military believe cloud computing is secure, then it might be time for civilian CIOs who have questioned the security capabilities of the cloud to reconsider.
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