Gartner: Seven cloud-computing security risks | Security Central. Cloud computing is fraught with security risks, according to analyst firm Gartner. Smart customers will ask tough questions and consider getting a security assessment from a neutral third party before committing to a cloud vendor, Gartner says in a June report titled "Assessing the Security Risks of Cloud Computing.
" Cloud computing has "unique attributes that require risk assessment in areas such as data integrity, recovery, and privacy, and an evaluation of legal issues in areas such as e-discovery, regulatory compliance, and auditing," Gartner says. (Compare security products.) Amazon's EC2 service and Google's Google App Engine are examples of cloud computing, which Gartner defines as a type of computing in which "massively scalable IT-enabled capabilities are delivered 'as a service' to external customers using Internet technologies.
" [ Learn more about what cloud computing really means and the new breed of utility computing and platform-as-a-service offerings. ] 1. 2. 3. Cloud computing: legal and privacy issues. Is web source brings to light some of the new. Sopa and Pipa anti-piracy bills controversy explained. 17 January 2012Last updated at 07:45 ET The US laws are designed to block pirate sites, but critics say it will also impact the wider net The Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) is the bill being considered by the House of Representatives. The Protect Intellectual Property Act (Pipa) is the parallel bill being considered by the Senate. The proposed legislation is designed to tackle online piracy, with particular emphasis on illegal copies of films and other forms of media hosted on foreign servers. The bills propose that anyone found guilty of streaming copyrighted content without permission 10 or more times within six months should face up to five years in jail.
The US government and rights holders would have the right to seek court orders against any site accused of "enabling or facilitating" piracy. US-based internet service providers, payment processors and advertisers would be outlawed from doing business with alleged copyright infringers. ISP immunity. Security and Privacy Requirements in the Microsoft Cloud. Meet the Napster. At dawn, Shawn Fanning lay on the brown carpet in the shadow of a converted bar counter, consumed by the idea. He had been awake 60 straight hours writing code on his notebook computer. In his daze, the idea appeared to him as something tangible--a hard, shiny piece of black metal--that he had to forge and form so that it became usable, so that the hard black metal was transformed into a friendly tool, so that the 0s and 1s, the Windows API protocols and Unix server commands, were all somehow buffed and polished and worked to a fine, wonderful, simple...
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Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill — Second Reading, In Committee, Third Reading. Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP (Minister of Defence) on behalf of the Minister of Commerce: I move, That the Copyright (Infringing File Sharing) Amendment Bill be now read a second time. On behalf of the Minister of Commerce, the Hon Simon Power, I thank the Commerce Committee for its consideration of the bill and for hearing over 200 submissions, which has resulted in changes to the bill. As members of Parliament and those in the community who are interested in this issue will know, the bill has had a long genesis and has involved a complex debate on difficult issues. At the heart of the issues was the impact of the Internet on copyright law and the effect it had on incentivising creators to produce original works. It is important in law that we provide appropriate protection for creative industries so that they can continue to provide jobs for New Zealanders and continue to contribute to our economy.
Clare Curran: Do you? Hon Dr WAYNE MAPP: I would not do that. What we have ended up with is better. Dotcom expects Hollywood to hit back, lays out his legal arguments for Mega. During an interview with NBR ONLINE Friday, Dotcom was frank about the challenges facing his Mega re-boot. Surely many people will balk at the prospect of using as service backed by the accused pirate, even if they supported him, and fear there was a clear and present danger of losing their files all over again as legal action against Megaupload continues? “It’s going to be an issue. There will be users who chose not to work with us because of that. And that is unfortunate. “But I think that will also be a lot of users who just want to try this new service and see how good it is. “And over time, you know, when the service is live for a few months, and people see these guys are still here, I think the trust will grow.” Safeguards The new service will have a distributed hosting setup, and any file will be stored in at least two locations (and once things get rolling, at least two different countries outside the US).
Encryption asking for trouble? Ckeall@nbr.co.nz.