How secure is your information when you use cloud computing, you ask? Well, today July 26th 2010 Google launched “Apps for Government” with servers on US soil. It is actually a new version of Google’s suite of cloud-based enterprise applications that have been hardened to meet the government’s more stringent security restrictions. It is expected to store sensitive government information. Google’s Matthew Glotzbach says this encompasses 80-90% of all government information.
So if you are concerned about how secure your info is when you use cloud computing programs, you may want to rethink your concerns as it seems to be the way of the future, even for the US government.
You can read more here:
http://techcrunch.com/2010/07/26/google-launches-apps-for-government
3 comments:
This is a very interesting piece of information, Jody. Thanks for sharing it with us. Although I am in love with the idea of being able to store data/files/documents in the cloud and work on any computer at any time, anywhere, in a cost effective manner, I confess that I have misgivings about cloud computing and the security of material stored on Google Docs.
This latest development should inspire confidence in prospective users. However, Internet history shows that there are always hackers who have much to gain by undermining and sabotaging online systems. As I am posting this comment, there might be some tech geniuses and spies who are already hard at work, trying to weaken and infiltrate the new security features. The cloud is undoubtedly useful, but I would recommend caution in its use. When did I become an expert?
Beverly Phillip-Le Gendre
Jody,your information concerning the security of cloud- coputing is as Beverly says quite comforting.Now that I am aware of the concept ,through this ICT in Reading course,I find myself stopping to read about it on the information hi-way whenever it comes up. One site that even claims that the concept is indeed the genesis of a new future in technology and that it is heralding the fall of computer hardware industries.We are naturally given to be sceptical about change but I am definitely going to be doing more research on this concept of cloud computing to keep abreast with its promised revolution.
Jody,this is good news about the security of cloud computing.I must admit that I am very sceptical about it. I feel, however, that the scepticism lies in the fact that the concept is new to us and as we continue to learn more about it this will be diminished. Nonetheless, I am far from using it as a space to store personal data.For now its just a medium through which I can induce some degree of excitement in my students to meaningfully engage them in the erstwhile tedious task of reading.I will be seeking updates as to the innovations of this revolutionary concept though.
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