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No, your data isn't secure in the cloud. News Analysis August 13, 2013 06:00 AM ET Computerworld - While online data storage services claim your data is encrypted, there are no guarantees.

No, your data isn't secure in the cloud

With recent revelations that the federal government taps into the files of Internet search engines, email and cloud service providers, any myth about data "privacy" on the Internet has been busted. Experts say there's simply no way to ever be completely sure your data will remain secure once you've moved it to the cloud. "You have no way of knowing. While providers of email, chat, social network and cloud services often claim -- even in their service agreements -- that the data they store is encrypted and private, most often they -- not you -- are the ones who hold the keys. Even when service providers say only customers can generate and maintain their own encryption keys, Schneier said there's no way to be sure others won't be able to gain access. Who has your back? Top five cloud computing security issues. In the last few years, cloud computing has grown from being a promising business concept to one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry.

Top five cloud computing security issues

Now, recession-hit companies are increasingly realising that simply by tapping into the cloud they can gain fast access to best-of-breed business applications or drastically boost their infrastructure resources, all at negligible cost. But as more and more information on individuals and companies is placed in the cloud, concerns are beginning to grow about just how safe an environment it is. Every breached security system was once thought infallible SaaS (software as a service) and PaaS (platform as a service) providers all trumpet the robustness of their systems, often claiming that security in the cloud is tighter than in most enterprises.

The Biggest Cloud Computing Security Risk Is Impossible to Eliminate. A recent "epic hacking" that involved Amazon and Apple accounts just goes to show that the biggest security risk in cloud computing is from humans.

The Biggest Cloud Computing Security Risk Is Impossible to Eliminate

Learn how mistakes, negligence and even reasonable use can blow apart a digital life. The past couple of years have been tough for those defending the security of cloud computing and those trying to establish secure cloud infrastructures for themselves. For the most part, there have been DDOS attacks or defacements designed to embarrass or punish site owners. True, some of those victims offer services with access too restricted and services too limited to be considered "cloud. " Except for the potential booty (money, data or notoriety), cloud and non-cloud services look pretty much the same to criminals trying to crack them open. It wasn't even a cool hack. Due only to the weak identity verification of Apple and Amazon, Wired reporter Mat Honan suffered what he described as his own digital death and dissolution. Google's cloud encryption is good for PR.

Google will, by default, encrypt data warehoused in its Cloud Storage service, the IDG News Service reports.

Google's cloud encryption is good for PR

"The server-side encryption is now active for all new data written to Cloud Storage, and older data will be encrypted in the coming months," wrote Google product manager Dave Barth in a blog post. You can even hold your own encryption keys. Although this seems like a prudent move by Google, it's perhaps more of a PR ploy taking advantage of the ongoing NSA privacy scandal, which threatens to scare away users from U.S. cloud providers. 6 Benefits of Cloud Computing — If You Haven’t Considered It, You’re Way Behind.

The cloud, cloud computing, SaaS…like it or not, we hear these terms mentioned incessantly in the technology and business world.

6 Benefits of Cloud Computing — If You Haven’t Considered It, You’re Way Behind

And for a good reason – the benefits of cloud computing are vast. The fact is that the role of the CIO has shifted in a way that makes cloud very difficult to ignore. The CIOs of today’s organizations are no longer solely responsible for the management of IT, but now for supporting business growth by reducing costs and driving innovation in effort to build a strategic advantage. Driving innovation AND lowering costs? That’s a lot of pressure. Unlike traditional on-premise software applications, cloud applications are located and managed remotely and built with a single code-base customized to the company’s needs. The whitepaper The Cloud: When & Why from SuccessFactors, an SAP company, summed up the biggest benefits of cloud computing perfectly. 1. 2. 3. As mentioned earlier, users access cloud applications on standard web browsers anytime, anywhere. 4.

Are governments ready for the cloud? Arguments Against the Cloud - What Is Cloud Computing? How cloud computing changes (almost) everything about the skills you need. The rise of cloud computing is altering the enterprise technology landscape in many ways, including where applications live (in a distant data centre, rather than the company server room), how they are paid for (out of op ex, rather than cap ex) and even who buys them (line-of-business managers with their credit cards, rather than CIOs with corporate budgets).

How cloud computing changes (almost) everything about the skills you need

Different skills required. How Cloud Computing Works" The Internet Industry Is on a Cloud. 16 Ways The Cloud Will Change Our Lives - Cloud Computing - presented by redhat. What cloud computing really means. Cloud computing is all the rage.

What cloud computing really means

"It's become the phrase du jour," says Gartner senior analyst Ben Pring, echoing many of his peers. The problem is that (as with Web 2.0) everyone seems to have a different definition.